Gallows 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.32° S 153.14° E

Issued: 10 am 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Gallows sea temperature is

20.9°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 (03 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Nov, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Gallows at 2PM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Nov)	1ft (0.3m)	10s
Afternoon (03 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	6s
Evening (03 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 27mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Thu morning, min 15°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Tue morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Thu afternoon).
	Tuesday 3						Wednesday 4								Thursday 5								Fri 6
	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)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 6	ENE 6	NE 4	NE 6	ENE 6	SSE 9	ENE 8	ENE 7	E 8	S 6	SSE 6	S 6	S 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 7	S 8	SSE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	18	17	26	27	111	109	8	60	68	29	75	35	35	40	31	20	31	34	73	244	353	273	341	321
Wind (km/h)	N	NNE	NE	N	NNW	NW	WNW	S	S	SSE	E	E	NNE	NNW	WNW	WNW	S	SE	SE	SSE	S	SSW	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide				4:20PM1.54m					5:24AM1.22m				5:23PM1.50m				6:15AM1.34m				6:18PM1.47m
Low Tide		9:46AM0.56m					11:13PM0.31m				11:06AM0.51m				00:02AM0.28m				12:12PM0.44m				00:42AM0.25m


	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	—	—	7:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	7:12
mm	—	—	3	17	6	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	23	20	21	19	18	18	18	19	22	23	22	20	19	19	20	22	24	23	20	19	17	15	15
Feels °C	21	22	19	20	18	17	17	16	18	23	22	22	21	19	18	17	20	23	20	15	16	15	12	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 6	SSE 9	ENE 7	SSE 9	ENE 6	NE 7	ENE 8	ENE 7	E 8	SSE 5	SSE 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 8	SSE 8	SSE 8
kJ	17	17	16	11	8	109	93	60	68	29	20	35	35	40	26	16	31	34	37	38	38	49	263	321
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 5	SSE 9	SSE 5	SSE 9	—	SSE 9	SSE 9	NE 7	WNW 3	NE 6	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	SSE 5	NE 7	NE 7	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 15	E 8	E 8
kJ	4	17	2	8	—	8	8	37	1	15	19	19	20	19	31	20	9	11	11	4	4	4	49	50
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 4	E 12	SSE 5	—	S 17	SE 4	S 9	S 8	S 8	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	NE 6	N 6	NE 6	NE 7	S 6	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 15	NE 6
kJ	18	2	3	2	—	5	1	6	1	1	10	10	4	6	1	6	11	3	4	4	4	4	4	1
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	ENE 6	NE 4	NE 6	NNW 3	NW 3	WNW 3	SW 2	S 4	S 6	—	—	—	NW 2	NW 3	W 3	S 4	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 7	S 8	—
kJ	—	—	26	27	111	7	5	4	1	6	75	—	—	—	1	2	1	13	73	244	353	273	341	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2
Distance (km)	23	31	587	98	12	0	2	2	2	5	224	326	19	12	2	5	5	16	185	193	82	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	1			1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	1	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	1	4	5	5	4	2	1	3	4	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5

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