Fall Bay surf break

Fall Bay surfForecast / Wales – Gower / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 16 Apr 2026 BST
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Fall Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fall Bay sea temperature is
10.5° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fall Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Fall Bay at 12AM is: 2.1m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)7ft (2.2m)12s
Afternoon (17 Apr)7ft (2.2m)11s
Evening (17 Apr)7ft (2.1m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
SW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)141413131312121111121212111111111110101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)267321711693134212501082137912741226120710181121785839743631551450377314250205169131
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SSW
20
S
30
S
30
S
35
S
30
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
10
NW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
5
E
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:32PM
8.25
6:50AM
8.64
7:11PM
8.68
7:30AM
8.92
7:51PM
8.89
8:11AM
8.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:38AM
0.36
12:59PM
0.04
1:16AM
-0.01
1:36PM
-0.15
1:55AM
-0.15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise-----6:18-------6:16-------6:13--
Sunset-8:14-------8:15-------8:17------
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------3-----------------
Temp. °C111111101111111110101099991011111099889
Feels °C (?)777454665554455667755457
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