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 12 pm Tuesday 16 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 17.7° C
(Which is 2.0°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 3PM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.1m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	12s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	12s
Evening (16 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	11s

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

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	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	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 (?)	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	6	8	8	9	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	470	349	729	536	415	397	138	854	1163	1289	1484	1374	1672	1837	1587	1560	1398	1192	1016	955	697	669	612	528
Wind (km/h)	W	W	WSW	WSW	SW	S	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	on	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	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)			2:14PM 7.16				3:11AM 7.17				3:52PM 7.52					4:37AM 7.72				5:05PM 8.20				5:38AM 8.38
Low Tide / height (m)	7:43AM 3.60				8:51PM 3.44				9:34AM 3.41					10:25PM 2.92				10:53AM 2.77				11:30PM 2.25

	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	2	3	1	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	15	15	14	13	14	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	16	16
Feels °C (?)	10	10	10	10	9	8	7	8	10	11	12	12	13	12	13	12	12	13	13	15	14	15	14	14

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wales - Gower

Wind Update Cross-shore wind has turned cross-on at Roaches Reef (light winds from the SW at Llethryd Barns 6 km from Roaches Reef). 1.6m 11s groundswell from the WSW with a 0.4m 6s windswell, also from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 7 minutes ago Roaches Reef

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1 h 7 min ago

17 km/h

Cross-On

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