Fall Bay Reef surf break

Fall Bay Reef surfForecast / Wales – Gower / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 BST
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Fall Bay Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fall Bay Reef sea temperature is
17.3° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Fall Bay Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Fall Bay Reef at 10AM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Afternoon (18 Sep)7ft (2.2m)11s
Evening (18 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

Table - waves today at Fall Bay Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.6
SW
2.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)1212121111111010991010101010999999968
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1358151014851264117699984170360159963856350642837030523719916816512490181832
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
S
15
S
15
SW
15
WSW
5
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
15
SE
20
SSE
10
SSE
25
SSE
45
S
55
SW
60
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:32AM
6.33
4:58PM
6.82
5:27AM
6.88
5:47PM
7.39
6:10AM
7.39
6:27PM
7.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:52AM
2.16
11:24PM
1.71
11:42AM
1.61
12:07AM
1.22
12:21PM
1.14
12:42AM
0.82
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
Sunrise-6:54-------6:56-------6:58------
Sunset-----7:25-------7:22-------7:21--
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
-21-----------------111-
Temp. °C161717171717171716161618181716161616161718161413
Feels °C (?)141313131313131313131417161617161615131615841
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wales - Gower

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Fall Bay Reef (strong winds from the WSW at Pembrey Sands 18 km from Fall Bay Reef). 2.0m 12s groundswell from the WSW with a 0.6m 6s windswell from the W. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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18 km away, 1 h 22 min ago

41 km/h
WSW
0.0
17.3
Air / Water (°C)
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