Flood Alert Info - Swansea Bay and the Gower coast
Area Description
Swansea Bay and the Gower peninsula coast between Pontardulais and Llantwit Major, but excluding Crofty.
This is a Flood Alert Area. For this area the highest level of flood notification that you will receive is a Flood Alert. No Flood Warnings or Severe Flood Warnings are issued for this area.
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Flood Alert History
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Historical Flood Alerts for this Area
Flood Alert issued on 6 Dec 2024 17:16
South West
There is a risk that Storm Darragh could cause flooding at the coast during high tides on Friday 6th December and Saturday 7th December. Storm force winds gusts and large waves could lead to flooding. This alert has been issued as a precaution due to the possible impacts during the storm. Flooding of low-lying land and roads is possible. Be careful on beaches, coastal footpaths, roads, low lying land and close to the estuary. We will continue to monitor the situation.
Flood Alert issued on 17 Oct 2024 14:14
South West
There is a risk of flooding as a result of the combination of the high tides and weather conditions from Thursday 17th October. Be careful on beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths, roads, low lying land and close to the estuary. We will continue to monitor the situation.
Flood Alert issued on 19 Sep 2024 14:10
South West
There is a risk of flooding as a result of the high tides from 6.30 pm Thursday 19th September. Flooding of low-lying land and roads is expected. Be careful on beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths, roads, low lying land and close to the estuary. We will continue to monitor the situation.
Flood Alert issued on 8 Apr 2024 13:59
South West
The combination of high tides, forecast winds and wave heights give a risk of flooding around the high tides between 7:26 AM Tuesday 9th April and 8:07 AM Wednesday 10th April. Flooding of low-lying land and roads is expected. Be careful on beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths, roads, low lying land, close to the estuary. Be careful as sea spray and waves could be dangerous and could contain debris. We will continue to monitor the situation. You can monitor the situation in your area by using our 'River Levels, Rainfall and Sea Data' on our website. For more information on our Flood Alerts and how we issue them, please visit the ‘How we forecast floods, issue warnings and assess flood risk’ page on our website.
Flood Alert issued on 12 Mar 2024 14:36
South West
The combination of high tides, forecast winds and wave heights give a risk of flooding around the high tides until Wednesday morning. Flooding of low-lying land and roads is expected. Be careful on beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths, roads, low lying land, close to the estuary. Be careful as sea spray and waves could be dangerous and could contain debris. We will continue to monitor the situation. You can monitor the situation in your area by using our 'River Levels, Rainfall and Sea Data' on our website. For more information on our Flood Alerts and how we issue them, please visit the ‘How we forecast floods, issue warnings and assess flood risk’ page on our website.
Flood Alert issued on 10 Mar 2024 20:14
South West
The combination of high tides, forecast winds and wave heights give a risk of flooding around the high tides between Monday Morning, Monday Evening and Tuesday Morning. Flooding of low-lying land and roads is expected. Be careful on beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths, roads, low lying land, close to the estuary. Be careful as sea spray and waves could be dangerous and could contain debris. We will continue to monitor the situation. You can monitor the situation in your area by using our 'River Levels, Rainfall and Sea Data' on our website. For more information on our Flood Alerts and how we issue them, please visit the ‘How we forecast floods, issue warnings and assess flood risk’ page on our website.
Flood Alert issued on 12 Feb 2024 16:23
South West
The combination of forecast winds and wave heights gives a risk of flooding around the high tides on Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th February. At Ogmore Castle a Flood Alert is now in force for high tides on the 12th and 13th February. Be careful on beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths, roads, low lying land, close to the estuary. Be careful as sea spray and waves could be dangerous and could contain debris. We will continue to monitor the situation. You can monitor the situation in your area by using our 'River Levels, Rainfall and Sea Data' on our website. For more information on our Flood Alerts and how we issue them, please visit the ‘How we forecast floods, issue warnings and assess flood risk’ page on our website.
Flood Alert issued on 11 Feb 2024 13:37
South West
The combination of forecast winds and wave heights gives a risk of flooding around the high tide on Monday 12th February. At Ogmore Castle a Flood Alert is now in force for the high tide at 08:00 A.M on Monday 12th February. Be careful on beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths, roads, low lying land, close to the estuary. Be careful as sea spray and waves could be dangerous and could contain debris. We will continue to monitor the situation. You can monitor the situation in your area by using our 'River Levels, Rainfall and Sea Data' on our website. For more information on our Flood Alerts and how we issue them, please visit the ‘How we forecast floods, issue warnings and assess flood risk’ page on our website.
Flood Alert issued on 28 Oct 2023 13:37
South West
The combination of high tides, forecast winds and wave heights give a risk of flooding around the high tides between 6:00 PM Saturday 28th October and 7:00 PM Sunday 29th October. Flooding of low-lying land and roads is expected. Be careful on beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths, roads, low lying land, and close to estuaries. Be careful as sea spray and waves could be dangerous and could contain debris. We will continue to monitor the situation. You can monitor the situation in your area by using our 'River Levels, Rainfall and Sea Data' on our website. For more information on our Flood Alerts and how we issue them, please visit the ‘How we forecast floods, issue warnings and assess flood risk’ page on our website.
Flood Alert issued on 1 Sep 2023 14:13
South West
The combination of high tides, forecast winds and wave heights gives a risk of flooding around the high tide on Friday evening the 1st of September. Flooding of low-lying land and roads is expected. Be careful on beaches, coastal footpaths, roads, and low-lying land, close to the estuaries. We will continue to monitor the situation. You can monitor the situation in your area by using our 'River Levels, Rainfall and Sea Data' on our website.
Flood Alert issued on 21 Mar 2023 20:21
South West
The combination of high tides, forecast winds and wave heights give a risk of flooding around the high tides between Wednesday 22nd March 06:45 AM and Friday 24th March 08:00 AM. The largest impacts are expected to occur on Thursday 23rd March 07:15 AM. Flooding of low-lying land and roads is expected. Be careful on beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths, roads, low lying land, close to the estuary. Be careful as sea spray and waves could be dangerous and could contain debris. We will continue to monitor the situation. You can monitor the situation in your area by using our 'River Levels, Rainfall and Sea Data' on our website. For more information on our Flood Alerts and how we issue them, please visit the ‘How we forecast floods, issue warnings and assess flood risk’ page on our website.
Flood Alert issued on 26 Nov 2022 13:48
South West
The combination of forecast winds and wave heights gives a risk of flooding around the high tide on 26 November at 20:00 PM. A flood alert is now in force for the high tide at 20:00PM Saturday 26 November . The Flood Alert is in force for this evenings high tide on 26 November. We will continue to monitor the situation. You can monitor the situation in your area by using our 'River Levels, Rainfall and Sea Data' on our website.
Flood Alert issued on 24 Nov 2022 13:30
South West
The combination of forecast winds and wave heights gives a risk of flooding around the high tide on Thursday 24 November at 18:30 hours. We will continue to monitor the situation. You can monitor the situation in your area by using our 'River Levels, Rainfall and Sea Data' on our website. For more information on our Flood Alerts and how we issue them, please visit the ‘How we forecast floods, issue warnings and assess flood risk’ page on our website.
Flood Alert issued on 9 Oct 2022 13:43
South West
The combination of tide and wave heights gives a risk of flooding around the next high tide on the evening of Sunday 9th October. At 12pm a flood alert is now in force for the high tide from 7pm Sunday 09th October. The Flood Alert is in force for the next tide only. Flooding of low-lying land and roads is expected. Be careful on beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths, roads, low lying land, close to the estuary. . Be careful as sea spray and waves could be dangerous. We will continue to monitor the situation. You can monitor the situation in your area by using our 'River Levels, Rainfall and Sea Data' on our website.
Flood Alert issued on 19 Feb 2022 14:06
South West
High tides are predicted over the weekend. The winds is forecast to be force 8 from a West North Westerly direction. Offshore waves are expected to be large. Be careful on beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths, roads, low lying land, close to the estuary. Be careful as sea spray and waves could be dangerous and could contain debris.
Flood Alert issued on 17 Feb 2022 12:56
South West
High tides are predicted over the next few days from Thursday 17th February evening tide till Saturday 19th February evenings tide. The peak of the tides is Friday morning's tide at 07:24 for Mumbles as Storm Eunice is expected to impact the area. The winds is forecast to be force 9 from a West South Westerly direction. Offshore waves are expected to be very large. Be careful on beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths, roads, low lying land, close to the estuary. Be careful as sea spray and waves could be dangerous and could contain debris.
Flood Alert issued on 6 Dec 2021 20:38
South West
Storm force conditions are expected to bring high tides over the next few days from Tuesday morning, 7th December to Wednesday 8th December. Met Eirann named Storm Barra will bring strong winds with gusts up to force 10, initially from a south-easterly but moving to a south-westerly direction over Tuesday. Offshore waves are expected to be large to very large. Be careful on beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths, roads and low lying land. Be careful as sea spray and waves could be dangerous and could contain debris.
Flood Alert issued on 14 Dec 2020 15:25
South West
High Spring tides are predicted over the next few days, and highest on Wednesday morning. High tides today Monday 14th December at the Mumbles will be at 5:55 pm, and 6:19 am on Tuesday morning. The southwest winds are forecast to be force 6 increasing to gale force 8 by Wednesday morning gradually backing southeasterly. Offshore waves are expected to be large. The combination of large waves together with high winds means that wave overtopping remains possible for the most exposed locations around Swansea Bay & Gower coastline. Care needs to be exercised during this stormy period.
Flood Alert issued on 13 Dec 2020 13:50
South West
High tides are predicted over the next few days, especially from Monday morning's high tide. Tides will then peak on Wednesday 16th December 2020. The winds are forecast to be southerly force 7 occasionally gale force 8, veering southwest on Monday. Offshore waves are expected to be large. The combination of large waves together with high winds means that wave overtopping is likely in a number of exposed locations around Swansea Bay & Gower coastline. Be careful as sea spray and waves could be dangerous and could contain debris.
Flood Alert issued on 16 Nov 2020 08:50
South West
The highest tides of the weekend have now passed. Although high tide peak levels will continue to recede for the next few days, offshore waves remain large. Impacts are generally expected to be minor but sea spray and wave overtopping in the most exposed location of the coast is still expected. Whilst the risk to property flooding is reduced, flooding of low-lying land and roads is still possible. Caution should be taken near the coast. We will continue to monitor the situation and update this message if the situation changes.
Flood Alert issued on 14 Nov 2020 10:02
South West
The current period of spring tides is expected to peak this weekend between Saturday Evening the 14th November and Monday the 16th November. These tides are expected to coincide with adverse weather conditions creating tidal surge and large offshore waves. Winds are expected to be Force 6 from a south-westerly direction on Saturday swinging to a more westerly direction through Sunday. Water levels around the coastline are expected to be high and at exposed locations sea spray and wave overtopping is likely, bringing potentially dangerous conditions in some areas. Caution is advised around the coastline this weekend for the high tides. We will continue to monitor the situation and will update this message as the situation changes.
Flood Alert issued on 17 Oct 2020 15:28
South West
High Tides are predicted over the weekend, based on a combination of high astronomical tides and the prevailing weather conditions. The largest impact is tonight Saturday the 17th October and Sunday morning the 18th October. The winds are forecast to be force 3 and from a North Westerly direction. Minor coastal flooding impacts are possible, Low lying land and roads might be affected first. Potential for local flooding impacts in prone locations throughout the weekend and into Monday. Be careful on beaches, promenades, footpaths and beaches. This is due to the high spring tides.
Flood Alert issued on 18 Sep 2020 15:05
South West
High tides are predicted over the next few days from Friday 18th September evening's tide to Sunday 20th September evening's tide. The wind is forecast to be force 3 - 4 on beaufort scale from a north easterly direction. Offshore waves are expected to be moderate. Be careful on beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths, roads, low lying land and areas close to estuaries. Be careful as sea spray and waves could be dangerous and could contain debris.
Flood Alert issued on 21 Aug 2020 15:30
South West
High tides are predicted over the weekend. The winds is forecast to be force 6 from a South Westerly direction. Offshore waves are expected to be moderate. Be careful on beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths, roads, low lying land, close to the estuary. Be careful as sea spray and waves could be dangerous and could contain debris.
Flood Alert issued on 20 Aug 2020 12:24
South West
High tides are predicted over the next few days from Thursday nights tide to Friday nights tide. The situation is improving into the weekend. The wind is forecast to be force 7-8 from a South Westerly direction. Offshore waves are expected to be large. Be careful on beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths, roads, low lying land, close to the estuary. Be careful as sea spray and waves could be dangerous and could contain debris.
Flood Alert issued on 19 Aug 2020 16:52
South West
High tides are predicted over the next few days from Wednesday 19th August to Sunday 23rd August. The peak of the tidal risk is likely to be in the evening of Thursday through to Friday. Tide levels will be high over the entire period on each high tide. The tidal situation is predicted to improve over the weekend. The winds are forecast to be force 4-5 through the period. The wind will be from a Southerly direction through the evening of Thursday. On Friday, the predicted wind direction is for South Westerly winds. On Saturday, the wind is from a Westerly direction. Offshore waves are expected to be moderate to large. Be careful on beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths, roads, low lying land, close to the estuary. Be careful as sea spray and waves could be dangerous and could contain debris, particularly in exposed locations. Please take additional care over the periods of high tides due to the risk of debris and wave overtopping at exposed locations.
Flood Alert issued on 9 Mar 2020 16:33
South West
High tides are predicted over the next few days until Friday 13th March 2020. The winds are forecast to be force 4 to 7 beaufort scale from a west south westerly direction. Offshore waves are expected to be large. Be careful on beaches, roads and low-lying land. Be careful as sea spray and waves could be dangerous and could contain debris.
Flood Alert issued on 12 Feb 2020 15:57
South West
The peak astronomical tide of the current series of large spring tides has now passed but a new Atlantic depression will produce a significant surge component for the morning tide on Thursday the 13th of February. The time of high-water on Thursday the 13th of February will be approximately 9:00 a.m. The wind is forecast to be force 5 and from a north-westerly direction. Offshore waves are expected to be moderate. Be careful on beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths, roads, low lying land close to estuaries. Be careful as sea spray and waves could be dangerous.
Flood Alert issued on 10 Feb 2020 15:04
South West
Following the passage of Storm Ciara, wind strengths, tidal surge and wave heights remain high but are generally dropping slowly for the peak of the Spring tides on Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th of February. However, impacts are still expected around the coast so please continue to avoid coastal areas at high tide. High water levels, sea spray and wave overtopping may still be possible at some locations. The weather patterns remain unsettled this week so we will continue to monitor the situation and will update this message as the situation changes.
Flood Alert issued on 8 Feb 2020 10:04
South West
Tides are rising towards a period of spring tides. In tide tables, these peak on Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th of February. Values in tide tables for Sunday are not especially large, however, they are forecast to coincide with storm Ciara; this storm is expected to create strong winds, tidal surge and large waves. Particularly during Sunday impacts are expected around the coast. Please avoid coastal areas at high tide as there could be dangerous conditions: strong winds; sea spray; and wave overtopping at the most exposed locations. Wave overtopping can be dangerous and can contain debris. Although the forecast currently highlights Sunday, impacts are likely to continue during high tides into Monday and for the remainder of next week with the unsettled weather conditions expected to continue. Will we continue to monitor the situation and update this message as required.