Gallows 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.32° S 153.14° E

Issued: 4 pm 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Gallows sea temperature is

20.7°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):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Gallows at 10PM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (03 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	5s
Evening (03 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Thu morning, min 16°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tue 3				Wednesday 4								Thursday 5								Fri 6
	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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	ENE 4	NE 5	ENE 6	SSE 9	ENE 7	E 8	ENE 8	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 6	S 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	SE 8	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 7	S 7	SSE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	43	18	70	82	8	56	28	20	19	35	53	49	26	21	33	34	149	205	295	217	226	226
Wind (km/h)	ENE	N	NNW	NW	NW	SSW	S	ESE	ENE	ESE	NNE	NNW	WNW	WNW	S	SSE	SE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	off	off	off	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	on	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross
High Tide		4:20PM1.54m					5:24AM1.22m				5:23PM1.50m				6:15AM1.34m				6:18PM1.47m
Low Tide					11:13PM0.31m				11:06AM0.51m				00:02AM0.28m				12:12PM0.44m				00:42AM0.25m


	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	7:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	7:12
mm	1	8	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	22	21	20	19	18	18	19	22	23	22	20	19	19	19	22	24	23	20	19	18	17	16
Feels °C	22	20	19	18	17	16	18	22	22	22	21	19	18	16	19	23	20	16	16	16	15	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	ENE 6	SSE 9	ENE 6	NE 6	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 8	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	E 8	E 8	NE 7	E 9	E 8	E 8	SSE 7	SSE 8
kJ	16	11	8	82	75	56	37	29	19	35	53	49	26	17	33	34	11	38	51	49	181	226
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 4	SSE 9	SE 4	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 9	E 8	ENE 8	NE 6	NE 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	S 5	NE 7	E 15	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 15	E 8	E 8
kJ	2	8	1	8	8	6	28	20	10	14	19	19	20	21	8	11	4	4	4	4	49	50
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 12	S 5	—	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 8	S 8	S 8	E 8	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	—	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 15	NE 6	NE 6
kJ	3	1	—	5	5	5	5	1	1	19	11	10	6	6	11	—	4	4	4	4	1	1
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	ENE 4	NE 5	NE 6	NW 3	WNW 2	—	S 3	SSE 5	—	—	—	NW 2	WNW 3	WNW 2	S 4	SE 8	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 7	S 7	—
kJ	43	18	70	129	1	1	—	3	19	—	—	—	1	1	1	9	149	205	295	217	226	—
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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	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	610	166	0	0	7	2	2	16	193	193	0	0	2	5	5	16	185	242	82	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)		1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	1	4	5	5	3	2	1	4	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	7	5	5	5

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