Climbing Forecast Gower Three Cliffs Bay

GOWER · LIMESTONE · tidal

Three Cliffs Bay climbing conditions

Good — dry and climbable

Right now

Temp20°C
Wind20 km/h
Gusts29 km/h
Humidity65.69%
Rain 48hdry
Last rainNone recent

Assessment

No recent rain
Tidal access: Tidal: base accessible 2.5-3 hours either side of low tide. Spring tides give better windows. Approach across beach from Pennard/Southgate.
Check for loose blocks on some routes — test holds carefully.

7-day forecast

Scroll through each day — hourly detail is shown inline.

Today Sunday 6 September
Good
Temp22°C
Rain0.1mm
Wind16 km/h
Gusts29 km/h
Humidity64%
No recent rain
  • Limestone should be fine if dry
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
12:00 20° dry 20 29 65.69%
15:00 23° dry 12 18 62.85%
18:00 22° dry 15 32 77.05%
21:00 20° dry 14 26 90.51%
Mon Monday 7 September
Poor
Temp18°C
Rain1mm
Wind22 km/h
Gusts37 km/h
Humidity65%
1.1mm rain forecast
  • Wet limestone is dangerously slippery
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 18° dry 15 30 91.14%
09:00 17° dry 16 26 74.5%
12:00 18° dry 21 33 64.2%
15:00 18° dry 24 37 66.23%
18:00 18° dry 24 40 70.54%
21:00 17° 0.8mm 27 47 83.99%
Tue Tuesday 8 September
Poor
Temp17°C
Rain5mm
Wind28 km/h
Gusts45 km/h
Humidity58%
5.1mm rain forecastWindy — 28 km/h, gusts 45 km/h
  • Wet limestone is dangerously slippery
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 14° 0.7mm 16 31 82.65%
09:00 15° dry 23 36 67.01%
12:00 16° dry 26 41 59.4%
15:00 17° dry 30 45 57.31%
18:00 17° dry 29 43 62.26%
21:00 16° dry 26 38 72.8%
Wed Wednesday 9 September
Good
Temp16°C
Raindry
Wind22 km/h
Gusts35 km/h
Humidity62%
Should be dry
  • Limestone should be fine if dry
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 14° dry 23 35 83.86%
09:00 14° dry 25 37 71.84%
12:00 16° dry 23 35 63.14%
15:00 17° dry 21 32 60.8%
18:00 17° dry 19 28 65.32%
21:00 16° dry 14 22 75.03%
Thu Thursday 10 September
Poor
Temp17°C
Rain3mm
Wind23 km/h
Gusts35 km/h
Humidity77%
2.8mm rain forecast
  • Wet limestone is dangerously slippery
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 15° 0.4mm 15 24 83.08%
09:00 16° 0.3mm 22 33 79.78%
12:00 17° dry 24 35 76.66%
15:00 18° 1.0mm 23 34 77.02%
18:00 18° 0.6mm 24 34 82.35%
21:00 18° 0.6mm 23 33 85.83%
Fri Friday 11 September
Poor
Temp18°C
Rain0.9mm
Wind23 km/h
Gusts33 km/h
Humidity70%
0.9mm rain forecast
  • Wet limestone is dangerously slippery
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 16° dry 18 27 89.64%
09:00 17° dry 23 33 82.7%
12:00 18° dry 23 33 70.93%
15:00 18° dry 23 33 68.62%
18:00 18° dry 20 28 72.49%
21:00 16° dry 14 22 80.06%
Sat Saturday 12 September
Poor
Temp17°C
Rain0.5mm
Wind21 km/h
Gusts32 km/h
Humidity74%
0.5mm rain forecast
  • Wet limestone is dangerously slippery
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 14° dry 11 18 86.97%
09:00 15° dry 16 25 79.9%
12:00 17° dry 20 30 73.01%
15:00 17° dry 22 32 75.4%
18:00 18° dry 23 33 78.38%
21:00 17° 0.5mm 23 32 83.01%
Sun Sunday 13 September
Poor
Temp17°C
Rain1mm
Wind22 km/h
Gusts31 km/h
Humidity79%
1.1mm rain forecast
  • Wet limestone is dangerously slippery
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 16° 0.3mm 20 29 88.26%
09:00 17° dry 21 30 83.31%
12:00 17° dry 22 31 78.81%
Tidal access
Tidal: base accessible 2.5-3 hours either side of low tide. Spring tides give better windows. Approach across beach from Pennard/Southgate.

About Three Cliffs Bay

Three iconic sea stacks — mostly lower-grade trad (VD-VS). Fast drying, south-facing. East Ridge on Great Tor is the classic.

Region
Gower
Rock type
Limestone
Aspect
south-facing
Altitude
20m
Exposure
high
Seepage
low

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