Crab Island surfForecast / Wales – Gower / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 BST
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Crab Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Crab Island sea temperature is
11.2° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Crab Island today?

The current surf forecast for Crab Island at 9AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 21). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (21 Apr)1ft (0.3m)11s
Evening (21 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)4s

Table - waves today at Crab Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.9
E
1.1
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1
E
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)913121212111144544444444444101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)183430484625242642704846584124151818181318265147
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
E
25
E
25
ENE
35
E
30
E
40
E
35
E
40
E
40
E
40
E
40
E
40
E
35
E
30
E
30
E
35
E
35
E
30
E
25
E
30
E
35
E
25
E
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:17PM
9.43
9:44AM
9.17
10:00PM
9.00
10:31AM
8.61
10:50PM
8.45
11:28AM
7.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:18AM
1.25
3:39PM
1.51
4:03AM
1.72
4:25PM
2.06
4:58AM
2.30
5:25PM
2.67
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise---6:07-------6:05-------6:03----
Sunset-------8:21-------8:22-------8:24
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C11865710121296669121414118879121514
Feels °C (?)62-1-2-1333-1-4-3-3047740112599
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