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Fall Bay surfForecast / Wales – Gower / UK
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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
12.9° C
(Which is 1.6°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 1AM is: 0.4m 5s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm May 15). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 May) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 5s |
| Afternoon (16 May) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 9s |
| Evening (16 May) | 0.5ft (0.1m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Fall Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Sun night. Very mild (max 11°C on Fri afternoon, min 9°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, fresh winds from the WSW by Sun night). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fri 15 | Saturday 16 | Sunday 17 | Mon 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
SW 14 | W 6 | SW 13 | W 5 | W 5 | W 8 | W 5 | SW 13 | W 9 | WSW 5 | W 14 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | WSW 6 | W 12 | W 12 | WSW 6 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 8 | WSW 7 | |
7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 4 | 126 | 157 | 130 | 126 | 115 | 138 | 132 | 263 | 360 | 390 | 314 | 244 | 167 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
off | off | cross-off | cross-on | glassy | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | |
High Tide | 6:00PM8.10m | 6:22AM8.39m | 6:45PM8.50m | 7:08AM8.64m | 7:30PM8.71m | 7:54AM8.67m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 00:06AM0.53m | 12:29PM0.28m | 00:51AM0.19m | 1:13PM0.12m | 1:37AM0.04m | |||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:20 | — | — | — | |
— | 9:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:02 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:04 | — | — | — | — | — | 9:06 | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | — | |
Temp °C | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 9 | W 6 | W 9 | W 5 | W 5 | W 8 | W 5 | W 9 | W 9 | WSW 5 | W 14 | W 13 | W 13 | W 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | W 12 | W 12 | W 11 | W 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 7 | WSW 8 | WSW 7 |
2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 29 | 48 | 138 | 132 | 64 | 64 | 42 | 314 | 244 | 167 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | W 9 | SW 13 | W 9 | W 8 | W 9 | W 7 | SW 13 | SW 13 | W 8 | W 9 | — | — | — | W 15 | W 8 | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 11 | — | — |
7 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | W 9 | W 13 | W 15 | W 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 4 | NW 4 | W 4 | WNW 4 | — | W 5 | — | W 5 | WSW 4 | — | WSW 6 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | — | — | — |
18 | 12 | 9 | 10 | — | 11 | — | 17 | 27 | — | 54 | 126 | 157 | 130 | 126 | 115 | 114 | 148 | 263 | 360 | 390 | — | — | — | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 401 | 388 | 365 | 54 | 322 | 322 | 322 | 365 | 367 | 365 | 358 | 358 | 155 | 19 | 307 | 365 | 365 | 316 | 365 | 77 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
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