Fall Bay Reef surf break

Fall Bay Reef surfForecast / Wales – Gower / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 13 Jan 2026 GMT
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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
8.0° C
(Which is 1.7°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Fall Bay Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Fall Bay Reef at 7PM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 13). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)--
Afternoon (13 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (13 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.3
SW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)11111111111110141313126888101817171616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)724593478379275275220447357312172113353319370482670950188515031271123913241588
Wind
(km/h)
25
N
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
5
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSW
30
SSW
35
S
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
S
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
15
SSW
20
S
25
S
25
SSW
20
S
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffglassglasscross-
on
ononononcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crossglassonononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:57PM
5.79
2:36AM
5.81
3:10PM
5.87
3:43AM
6.06
4:11PM
6.16
4:36AM
6.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:15PM
2.78
8:52AM
2.76
9:24PM
2.64
9:57AM
2.50
10:22PM
2.33
10:50AM
2.13
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise------8:17-------8:15-------8:15-
Sunset4:32-------4:34-------4:36-------
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------21--1111--1111
Temp. °C876655567779988876777878
Feels °C (?)3223231110-13445544321322
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