Roaches Reef Surf Forecast

/ Wales – Gower (29 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Roaches Reef surfForecast / Wales – Gower / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 BST

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

Today's Roaches Reef sea temperature is 17.5° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Roaches Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Roaches Reef at 12PM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	8s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	10s
Evening (17 Sep)	7.5ft (2.3m)	12s

Table - waves today at Roaches Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Wednesday 17							Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat 20
	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	1 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	6	8	8	9	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	146	770	1135	1416	1448	1300	1390	1310	1381	1447	1316	1080	988	831	679	578	531	506	452	462	419	370	355	362
Wind (km/h)	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSE	SW	WSW	SW	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	3:11AM 7.17				3:52PM 7.52					4:37AM 7.72				5:05PM 8.20				5:38AM 8.38				5:58PM 8.82
Low Tide / height (m)			9:34AM 3.41					10:25PM 2.92				10:53AM 2.77				11:30PM 2.25				11:48AM 2.13				12:18AM 1.72

	Wednesday 17							Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat 20
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-

Rain (mm)	6	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	17	18	19	17	16	16
Feels °C (?)	7	9	9	10	12	13	13	14	13	11	12	13	13	14	14	15	16	14	15	17	18	16	15	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wales - Gower

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Roaches Reef (strong winds from the SSW at Llethryd Barns 6 km from Roaches Reef). A 2.5m swell from the SW
1 hour 25 minutes ago Roaches Reef

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1 h 25 min ago

43 km/h

SSW

Cross-On

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