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Petes Reef Surf Forecast
/ Wales – Gower (29 surf breaks) /
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Petes Reef surfForecast / Wales – Gower / UK
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 17 May 2026 BSTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Petes Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Petes Reef sea temperature is
12.6° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Petes Reef today?
The current surf forecast for Petes Reef at 1AM is: 1.8m 7s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm May 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 May) | 6ft (1.9m) | 7s |
| Afternoon (18 May) | 5ft (1.5m) | 7s |
| Evening (18 May) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Petes Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 32mm), heaviest during Tue night. Very mild (max 13°C on Mon night, min 9°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SW on Mon afternoon, near gales from the SW by Tue night). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sun 17 | Monday 18 | Tuesday 19 | Wed 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
WSW 6 | WSW 6 | W 6 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 6 | SW 6 | WSW 6 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | |
113 | 154 | 217 | 317 | 403 | 403 | 365 | 240 | 176 | 130 | 124 | 117 | 271 | 336 | 424 | 618 | 765 | 875 | 1289 | 1275 | 1421 | 3063 | 2682 | 2084 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross-on | on | on | |
High Tide | 7:30PM8.71m | 7:54AM8.67m | 8:16PM8.71m | 8:41AM8.47m | 9:04PM8.50m | 9:31AM8.09m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:13PM0.12m | 1:37AM0.04m | 1:58PM0.16m | 2:24AM0.12m | 2:45PM0.39m | 3:13AM0.41m | ||||||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 5:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:18 | — | — | — |
 | — | 9:04 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:07 | — | — | — | — | — | 9:08 |
— | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 12 | W 12 | W 11 | W 11 | W 12 | W 11 | W 11 | — | W 10 | WSW 10 | W 10 | WSW 6 | W 19 | — | W 15 | W 15 | — | W 14 | — | W 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | — | — |
 kJ | 102 | 132 | 64 | 63 | 46 | 41 | 39 | — | 2 | 20 | 8 | 117 | 7 | — | 4 | 4 | — | 4 | — | 188 | 395 | 2343 | — | — |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 10 | WSW 10 | — | W 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | 19 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | W 6 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 6 | SW 6 | S 4 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 |
| kJ | 113 | 154 | 217 | 317 | 403 | 403 | 365 | 240 | 176 | 130 | 124 | 44 | 271 | 336 | 424 | 618 | 765 | 875 | 1289 | 1275 | 1421 | 3063 | 2682 | 2084 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 377 | 377 | 377 | 377 | 144 | 134 | 134 | 123 | 103 | 282 | 282 | 384 | 383 | 62 | 425 | 373 | 404 | 377 | 403 | 373 | 438 | 428 | 319 | 319 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Wales - Gower | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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