Roaches Reef surfForecast / Wales – Gower / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am 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
11.0° C
(Which is 1.5°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 4AM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
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
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
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 (?)
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.9
E
1.1
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)1010101099999131212121111445555544
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)757448472928161618343028462524274471606063544333
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
15
E
10
E
10
E
15
ESE
20
SE
15
ESE
20
E
20
E
25
E
25
ENE
30
E
35
E
35
E
30
ESE
35
E
40
E
45
E
40
E
40
E
40
E
40
E
35
E
35
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:36PM
9.67
9:01AM
9.57
9:17PM
9.43
9:44AM
9.17
10:00PM
9.00
10:31AM
8.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:37AM
0.95
2:58PM
1.08
3:18AM
1.25
3:39PM
1.51
4:03AM
1.72
4:25PM
2.06
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise---6:11-------6:09-------6:05----
Sunset-------8:20-------8:22-------8:22
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C111197910121110865711121197778111313
Feels °C (?)6753557652-1-3-13430-3-2-2-1256
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