Climbing Forecast Gower Southgate

GOWER · LIMESTONE · tidal

Southgate climbing conditions

Poor — wet, too windy or closed

Right now

Temp15°C
Wind16 km/h
Gusts28 km/h
Humidity93.03%
Rain 48h10mm
Last rain0h ago

Assessment

10.2mm rain forecast
Humidity 93.03% — potential fog/cloud, rock may be damp from condensation

Drying Time

1% dry · 24-49h to dry

7-day forecast

Scroll through each day — hourly detail is shown inline.

Today Sunday 6 September
Poor
Temp21°C
Rain10mm
Wind16 km/h
Gusts28 km/h
Humidity66%
10.2mm rain forecast
  • Wet limestone is dangerously slippery
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 15° 3mm 16 28 93.03%
09:00 17° dry 19 27 79.03%
12:00 20° dry 19 28 67.58%
15:00 22° dry 13 22 64.09%
18:00 21° dry 17 30 76.9%
21:00 20° dry 17 28 90.17%
Mon Monday 7 September
Poor
Temp18°C
Rain1mm
Wind23 km/h
Gusts37 km/h
Humidity65%
1.3mm rain forecast
  • Wet limestone is dangerously slippery
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 17° dry 15 30 89.96%
09:00 17° dry 17 27 73.27%
12:00 18° dry 22 34 63.94%
15:00 18° dry 24 37 66.85%
18:00 18° dry 26 41 72.83%
21:00 17° 0.9mm 28 46 85.38%
Tue Tuesday 8 September
Poor
Temp17°C
Rain3mm
Wind30 km/h
Gusts46 km/h
Humidity59%
2.9mm rain forecastWindy — 30 km/h, gusts 46 km/h
  • Wet limestone is dangerously slippery
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 15° dry 19 31 80.53%
09:00 15° dry 25 38 69.49%
12:00 16° dry 28 43 59.4%
15:00 17° dry 31 46 58.13%
18:00 17° dry 28 42 61.59%
21:00 16° dry 23 35 71.38%
Wed Wednesday 9 September
Good
Temp16°C
Raindry
Wind22 km/h
Gusts35 km/h
Humidity60%
Should be dry
  • Limestone should be fine if dry
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 13° dry 21 32 83.9%
09:00 14° dry 22 34 70.28%
12:00 15° dry 22 35 60.64%
15:00 16° dry 22 34 59.7%
18:00 16° dry 20 30 63.65%
21:00 16° dry 15 23 72.87%
Thu Thursday 10 September
Poor
Temp17°C
Rain7mm
Wind28 km/h
Gusts43 km/h
Humidity83%
6.7mm rain forecast
  • Wet limestone is dangerously slippery
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 15° 1mm 21 32 86.95%
09:00 16° 0.9mm 24 37 84.12%
12:00 17° 1mm 28 43 81.53%
15:00 18° 1mm 28 41 83.77%
18:00 18° 0.9mm 24 36 87.35%
21:00 18° 0.8mm 24 36 89.84%
Fri Friday 11 September
Poor
Temp18°C
Rain0.8mm
Wind22 km/h
Gusts34 km/h
Humidity73%
0.8mm rain forecast
  • Wet limestone is dangerously slippery
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 16° dry 22 33 91.16%
09:00 16° dry 22 34 84.38%
12:00 17° dry 22 34 73.85%
15:00 18° dry 21 33 71.75%
18:00 18° dry 19 29 75.35%
21:00 17° dry 16 25 82.09%
Sat Saturday 12 September
Poor
Temp17°C
Rain3mm
Wind21 km/h
Gusts33 km/h
Humidity79%
2.6mm rain forecast
  • Wet limestone is dangerously slippery
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 15° dry 16 25 87.54%
09:00 16° dry 19 30 82.24%
12:00 17° 1mm 21 32 78.13%
15:00 18° 0.9mm 22 33 79.13%
18:00 18° dry 20 30 80.76%
21:00 17° 0.6mm 19 28 86.4%
Sun Sunday 13 September
Poor
Temp16°C
Rain0.9mm
Wind18 km/h
Gusts
Humidity
0.9mm rain forecast
  • Wet limestone is dangerously slippery
Tidal access
Watch House, Foxhole, Three Sisters are non-tidal. Some bouldering areas are tidal (3 hours around low tide). Park at Southgate NT car park.

About Southgate

Best selection of sport climbing on Gower (F4-F8b). Watch House faces SW. Foxhole cave area can stay wet but flanks dry fast. Gower limestone dries super fast.

Region
Gower
Rock type
Limestone
Aspect
south-facing
Altitude
15m
Exposure
medium
Seepage
low

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