Roaches Reef surfForecast / Wales – Gower / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 20 Apr 2026 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
11.2° C
(Which is 1.6°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 10PM is: 0.2m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)--
Afternoon (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (20 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.9
E
1.1
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
0.9
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)9991312121211114454455444444411
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16161834304846252426447057486152291618181491219
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
E
25
E
30
ENE
35
E
30
E
35
E
35
E
45
E
40
E
35
E
40
E
40
E
40
E
30
E
30
E
35
E
30
E
30
E
25
E
30
E
30
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:17PM
9.43
9:44AM
9.17
10:00PM
9.00
10:31AM
8.61
10:50PM
8.45
11:28AM
7.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:58PM
1.08
3:18AM
1.25
3:39PM
1.51
4:03AM
1.72
4:25PM
2.06
4:58AM
2.30
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise-----6:09-------6:05-------6:03--
Sunset-8:20-------8:22-------8:22------
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C12121086571012129666912141311987912
Feels °C (?)88520-2-1244-1-4-3-40376321125
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