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Gallows surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 16 Mar 2026 AEDT
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Gallows surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Gallows sea temperature is
25.7° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Gallows today?

The current surf forecast for Gallows at 4PM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)2ft (0.6m)17s
Afternoon (16 Mar)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (16 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.3
SSE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
NE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)171616151577666114556666666888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)232208196131123106725339372235414326272628294031646363
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
N
20
NE
20
NE
15
N
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
W
5
SE
10
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:09AM
1.67
7:42PM
1.35
7:48AM
1.75
8:17PM
1.48
8:27AM
1.81
8:52PM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:48PM
0.39
1:27AM
0.46
2:19PM
0.32
2:10AM
0.37
2:51PM
0.26
2:52AM
0.30
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
Sunrise6:47-------6:48-------6:48-------
Sunset---7:04-------7:02-------7:00----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192325242221202020242726232322212225252523232222
Feels °C (?)202323222120191919222525232524232427262625262424
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