Gallows 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.32° S 153.14° E

Issued: 10 am 09 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Gallows sea temperature is

21.3°C

Gallows surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Gallows today (09 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Nov, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Nov, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 11s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Nov, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 11s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Gallows at 7PM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 09). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Nov)	7ft (2.2m)	10s
Afternoon (09 Nov)	10ft (3.0m)	11s
Evening (09 Nov)	8ft (2.5m)	11s

Table - waves today at Gallows. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 30°C on Wed morning, min 14°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.
	Monday 9						Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11								Thu 12
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	0	1	1	3	4	4	3	2	0	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SSE 9	SE 9	ENE 8	SE 9	SE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	1060	1062	1875	1301	1549	1447	1267	1090	938	890	757	687	584	523	417	361	298	220	216	151	120	142	81	79
Wind (km/h)	SW	S	SE	SSE	S	SW	W	NW	NNW	NE	ENE	NE	NNE	N	NW	NNW	NNW	NNE	NE	W	N	N	NNW	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	off	off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		8:51AM1.72m				9:01PM1.28m				9:27AM1.76m				9:38PM1.22m				10:04AM1.76m				10:16PM1.17m
Low Tide				3:19PM0.30m				2:53AM0.25m				4:00PM0.32m				3:25AM0.28m				4:42PM0.36m				3:59AM0.34m


	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45
	—	—	—	7:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:16	—	—	—	7:16
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	19	20	19	18	17	15	14	16	21	21	22	20	20	19	18	22	30	25	22	20	19	18	18
Feels °C	12	15	15	16	15	15	14	13	15	19	18	20	20	21	20	18	21	28	22	23	20	19	17	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 11	SSE 11	E 9	E 9	SSE 11	SSE 11	SE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SSE 9	SE 9	ENE 8	SE 9	ENE 7
kJ	1060	1062	1134	28	27	1447	1267	1090	938	890	757	687	584	523	417	361	298	220	216	151	120	142	81	66
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 10	NE 11	NE 11	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 10	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 11	SE 9	NE 7	SE 9
kJ	31	29	28	5	5	26	26	26	15	15	36	20	20	17	36	30	24	17	17	7	10	118	52	79
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 13	NE 13	NE 11	—	NNE 11	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NNE 11	NNE 11	NE 11	NE 11	E 11	E 11	E 10	NE 11	S 12	NE 11	—	S 11	E 5	E 9
kJ	7	7	5	—	13	5	5	5	5	5	12	12	5	5	20	20	19	5	12	4	—	9	11	15
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	—	—	—	—	—	NE 3	NE 4	NE 5	NE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	—	NNE 6	NE 5	NE 6	NE 7	NNE 7	—	—
kJ	—	—	1875	1301	1549	—	—	—	—	—	4	17	21	38	123	97	—	24	49	106	217	362	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	4	6	4	4	4	3	3	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1
Distance (km)	2	2	193	193	82	2	0	0	0	19	410	541	0	0	0	0	0	0	541	0	23	0	19	0
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4			3	3	3	3	3	2		2	2	3	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	4	6	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	2	4	3	3
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