Slade Bay/Boot Reef surf break

Slade Bay/Boot Reef surfForecast / Wales – Gower / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 15 Sep 2025 BST
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Slade Bay/Boot Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Slade Bay/Boot Reef sea temperature is
17.8° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Slade Bay/Boot Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Slade Bay/Boot Reef at 9AM is: 5.0m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)16ft (5.0m)13s
Afternoon (15 Sep)15ft (4.5m)12s
Evening (15 Sep)13ft (4.0m)12s

Table - waves today at Slade Bay/Boot Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thu
18
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
WSW
5.5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.4
W
1.3
WSW
0.7
W
1.9
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)1112131312121212121212121111111110678991012
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6580827382247502669657524887403431312196151311418891984493921002696238901278134714321842
Wind
(km/h)
55
WSW
55
W
55
WSW
55
WSW
55
W
50
W
50
W
45
W
45
WNW
35
WNW
30
W
30
W
25
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
45
SW
45
SW
40
SW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:42PM
6.37
1:30AM
6.01
2:15PM
6.05
3:10AM
5.93
3:50PM
6.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:03PM
2.44
7:51AM
2.74
8:55PM
2.60
9:38AM
2.63
10:25PM
2.25
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thu
18
Sunrise-6:50-------6:52-------6:52------
Sunset-----7:31-------7:30-------7:28--
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
12111----------24222111-
Temp. °C151514151516151414141415151515141416161617171717
Feels °C (?)45455765578910101098991011131313
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wales - Gower

  1. weather stationWind Update Recent cross-onshore wind has turned cross-shore at Slade Bay/Boot Reef (moderate winds from the WSW at Llethryd Barns 7 km from Slade Bay/Boot Reef). A 4.4m groundswell from the WSW is too big for here

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Actual: 42 min ago

28 km/h
WSW
Cross-Shore
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