Llangennith surfForecast / Wales – Gower / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 GMT

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

Llangennith surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Llangennith sea temperature is 7.5° C
(Which is 1.9°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Llangennith today?

The current surf forecast for Llangennith at 4PM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 2.0m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 20). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & Date

Wave Height

Wave Period

Morning (20 Jan)

2.5ft (0.8m)

16s

Afternoon (20 Jan)

6.5ft (2.0m)

Evening (20 Jan)

5.5ft (1.7m)

14s

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

9 AM

12 PM

3 PM

6 PM

9 PM

0 AM

3 AM

6 AM

9 AM

12 PM

3 PM

6 PM

9 PM

0 AM

3 AM

6 AM

9 AM

12 PM

3 PM

6 PM

9 PM

0 AM

3 AM

6 AM

WSW

337

433

585

961

1049

2017

1358

1001

578

362

287

311

414

314

1245

5106

6568

6110

4853

3731

2534

1541

950

388

SSE

SSW

SSE

ESE

SSE

ESE

WSW

ESE

cross-
off

cross-
on

cross

cross-
off

off

cross-
off

cross-
on

cross-
off

7:11AM

8.02

7:29PM

7.83

7:46AM

8.21

8:04PM

7.93

8:21AM

8.26

8:40PM

7.92

1:21PM

0.81

1:33AM

0.75

1:55PM

0.67

2:05AM

0.68

2:28PM

0.65

2:40AM

0.72

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