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Petes Reef surfForecast / Wales – Gower / UK
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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
12.8° C
(Which is 1.5°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 5AM is: 0.4m 5s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am May 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 May) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 5s |
| Afternoon (16 May) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 4s |
| Evening (16 May) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 5s |
Table - waves today at Petes Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Sun night. Very mild (max 11°C on Sat morning, min 9°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, fresh winds from the WSW by Sun afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 16 | Sunday 17 | Monday 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
W 5 | WSW 5 | W 4 | W 5 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | W 5 | W 6 | W 7 | W 7 | W 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | SW 6 | |
8 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 41 | 57 | 101 | 130 | 131 | 104 | 115 | 109 | 117 | 192 | 206 | 192 | 204 | 178 | 149 | 108 | 88 | 83 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-on | glassy | cross | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | |
High Tide | 6:22AM8.39m | 6:45PM8.50m | 7:08AM8.64m | 7:30PM8.71m | 7:54AM8.67m | 8:16PM8.71m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 00:06AM0.53m | 12:29PM0.28m | 00:51AM0.19m | 1:13PM0.12m | 1:37AM0.04m | 1:58PM0.16m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | 5:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 9:02 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:04 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:06 | — | |
— | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | |
Temp °C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 5 | WSW 5 | W 8 | W 7 | W 9 | SW 13 | W 15 | W 8 | W 13 | W 13 | W 7 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | W 12 | — | W 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 10 | SW 6 |
8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 110 | 29 | 48 | 102 | — | 125 | 42 | 41 | 204 | 178 | 149 | 108 | 20 | 83 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 9 | W 8 | SW 13 | W 9 | SW 13 | W 15 | SW 13 | W 14 | — | W 13 | W 13 | W 15 | — | W 8 | — | — | W 11 | — | WSW 11 | W 11 | W 10 | W 11 | W 10 | W 10 |
6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | — | 14 | 28 | 4 | — | 5 | — | — | 61 | — | 42 | 60 | 52 | 21 | 33 | 18 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 13 | SW 13 | W 9 | SW 13 | W 13 | — | W 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
7 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | W 4 | W 5 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | W 5 | W 6 | W 7 | W 7 | W 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | — | — | — | W 7 | WSW 7 | S 2 |
— | — | 10 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 41 | 57 | 101 | 130 | 131 | 104 | 115 | 109 | 117 | 192 | 206 | 192 | — | — | — | 106 | 88 | 1 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 363 | 319 | 319 | 319 | 363 | 363 | 364 | 356 | 356 | 152 | 6 | 302 | 363 | 377 | 363 | 319 | 319 | 71 | 4 | 35 | 80 | 116 | 62 | 116 |
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