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Lat Long: 51.54° N 4.19° W

Slade Bay/Boot Reef Surf Photo: 'Summer Swell at Boot Reef' by Rob Davies

Issued: 5 am 10 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Slade Bay/Boot Reef sea temperature is

13.3°C

0.6°

Slade Bay/Boot Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	WSW	WSW
	10 s	cross- on	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 28 June at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Slade Bay/Boot Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	WSW	WSW	W
	10 s	cross	10 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 28 June at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Slade Bay/Boot Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	W	WSW	WSW
	10 s	cross	10 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 29 June at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Slade Bay/Boot Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	W	W	WSW
	10 s	cross	6 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 29 June at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Slade Bay/Boot Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	W		WSW	WSW
	10 s	cross		10 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 29 June at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Slade Bay/Boot Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SW		WSW	WSW
	10 s	cross- on		10 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 29 June at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Slade Bay/Boot Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	WSW		WSW	WSW
	10 s	cross- on		10 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 29 June at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Slade Bay/Boot Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	WNW		WSW	WSW
	10 s	glass		10 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 29 June at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Slade Bay/Boot Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	NNW		WSW
	10 s	cross- off		10 s

Open ocean wave model on 29 June at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Slade Bay/Boot Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	ESE		WSW
	10 s	glass		10 s

Open ocean wave model on 29 June at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Slade Bay/Boot Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SSE		WSW
	10 s	on		10 s

Open ocean wave model on 30 June at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Slade Bay/Boot Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	SE		WSW
	10 s	cross- on		10 s

Open ocean wave model on 30 June at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Slade Bay/Boot Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	ESE	SE	WSW	W
	10 s	cross- on	2 s	10 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 30 June at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Slade Bay/Boot Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	ESE	ESE	WSW	WSW
	10 s	cross- on	3 s	7 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 30 June at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Slade Bay/Boot Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	ESE	ESE	WSW	W
	10 s	cross- on	3 s	10 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 30 June at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Slade Bay/Boot Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	SE	SE	WSW
	9 s	cross- on	3 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 30 June at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Slade Bay/Boot Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SE	SE	WSW	WSW
	9 s	cross- on	3 s	9 s	17 s

Open ocean wave model on 30 June at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Slade Bay/Boot Reef around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 49 minutes after high water (falling ordinary tide). Tide height was 7.0m (22.9 ft). Range 10.62m (34.8 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Slade Bay/Boot Reef Surf Photo: 'Summer Swell at Boot Reef' by Rob Davies

A lovely warm day. Slade offers the best body surfing waves on Gower and Boot Reef is one of several reef breaks on this stretch of coast that are rarely surfed. About shoulder high.

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User: Rob Davies (1346 photos)

Country: United Kingdom (959 photos)

Photo taken at: 6:05 pm 29 Jun 2015