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Slade Bay/Boot Reef surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 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
11.2° C
(Which is 1.6°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 11AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

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

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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 (?)
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.2
W
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.9
E
1.2
E
1.6
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
0.9
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
E
0.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)101099915913121212111145555555444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4847292816171834294846434128601319792815437181928
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
SE
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
E
30
E
30
E
35
E
45
E
45
E
40
E
40
E
40
E
35
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
30
E
30
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:54AM
8.70
9:15PM
8.55
9:39AM
8.22
10:01PM
8.06
10:29AM
7.57
10:54PM
7.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:56PM
0.20
3:19AM
0.31
3:40PM
0.70
4:07AM
0.85
4:30PM
1.33
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise-6:11-------6:09-------6:07------
Sunset-----8:20-------8:22-------8:23--
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C98810111210976710121297668111313108
Feels °C (?)443568530-1-1353-1-3-3-3-137730
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