Gallows 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.32° S 153.14° E

Issued: 3 pm 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Gallows sea temperature is

20.4°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 (01 Oct):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 11s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Gallows at 11PM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm October 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (01 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	11s
Evening (01 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Sun morning, min 14°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Fri night, fresh winds from the NNE by Sun morning).
	Thu 1				Friday 2								Saturday 3
	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	S 14	SE 10	SE 10	ENE 6	S 9	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	47	67	69	61	57	41	38	22	49	106	98	4	4	4	75	2	102	170	145	117
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	N	N	N	NNW	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N	N	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	10:58AM1.70m				11:21PM1.19m				11:57AM1.64m				00:32AM1.06m					1:09PM1.58m
Low Tide			5:35PM0.36m				5:11AM0.37m				6:48PM0.42m				6:09AM0.46m					8:15PM0.44m


	—	—	—	—	—	5:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:24	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:49	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	22	20	17	16	15	14	15	21	22	21	17	17	16	14	15	20	22	20	19	18
Feels °C	17	15	14	13	13	12	13	18	18	17	14	15	14	12	13	17	18	17	18	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SE 11	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 5	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SE 10	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 18	S 18
kJ	47	48	47	30	57	41	34	22	9	9	9	4	116	91	75	2	2	2	6	6
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 15	—	—	ENE 8	SE 11	SE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	S 15	—	S 10	S 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	—	S 18	S 18	S 9	S 9
kJ	21	—	—	13	29	29	22	10	4	—	2	2	4	4	3	—	6	6	2	2
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	NE 8	SSE 11	—	—	—	—	S 14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	16	38	—	—	—	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NNW 3	NNW 3	NNW 3	N 3	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NNW 3	N 3	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6
kJ	21	67	69	61	3	3	3	6	49	106	98	112	237	1	5	91	102	170	145	117
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Umina Beach NSW - Newcastle	Old Woman Island - South Side QLD - Sunshine Coast	Nambucca Heads NSW - Port Macquarie	Nambucca Heads NSW - Port Macquarie	Moonee Beach and Creek NSW - North Coast	Park Beach NSW - Port Macquarie	Mullaway NSW - North Coast	Nambucca Heads NSW - Port Macquarie	National Park QLD - Sunshine Coast	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Norries Head NSW - North Coast	Norries Head NSW - North Coast	Bonny Hills NSW - Port Macquarie	Moonee Beach and Creek NSW - North Coast	Gallows NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Elim NSW - Port Macquarie	Lighthouse Beach Port Macquarie NSW - Port Macquarie	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Norries Head NSW - North Coast
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1
Distance (km)	397	410	23	23	12	3	28	23	438	387	224	224	144	12	0	196	230	131	293	224
Best forecast wave conditions in North Coast - New South Wales				Dreamtime	Black Rock	Black Rock	Black Rock				Dreamtime	Dreamtime	Dreamtime	Mullaway	Mullaway					Casuarina Beach
Rating (10 max)				1	1	1	1				1	1	1	1	1					1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	7	6	6	5	5	3	1	1	4	5	5	5	5	2	2	3	4
Header Global	Easky Left Ireland	Easky Left Ireland	Easky Left Ireland	Gas Bay Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Cabo Lastres Spain	Figueira da Foz - Buarcos Portugal	Bolina Portugal	Figueira da Foz - Buarcos Portugal	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Meatworks New Zealand
Rating (10 max)	9	9	9	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	7	5	5	6	5	5	5

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