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Roaches Reef surfForecast / Wales – Gower / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 17 Feb 2026 GMT
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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
8.2° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Roaches Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Roaches Reef at 3AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.3m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm February 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (18 Feb)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (18 Feb)5ft (1.5m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
2
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)12121212111111111212121313141312121211118999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3873221991501902423344356447377251323238026442071151813249507859437898589691211
Wind
(km/h)
40
ESE
45
ESE
50
ESE
55
ESE
50
ESE
50
ESE
45
E
45
ENE
35
NE
20
NW
30
NW
35
NNW
30
NNW
30
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WSW
30
SW
45
SW
35
WSW
35
SW
40
SW
45
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:37PM
9.11
6:54AM
9.51
7:11PM
9.38
7:29AM
9.72
7:45PM
9.51
8:04AM
9.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:39AM
1.36
12:59PM
1.09
1:12AM
1.12
1:33PM
0.91
1:44AM
1.01
2:06PM
0.89
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise----7:24-------7:22-------7:20---
Sunset------5:35-------5:37-------5:38-
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cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------4732--------------
Temp. °C5444555543345678789910101010
Feels °C (?)-5-6-8-8-6-6-5-5-4-3-4-4-3-10113203321
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