Gallows 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.32° S 153.14° E

Issued: 10 am 06 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Gallows sea temperature is

21.0°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 (06 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Gallows at 2PM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	4.5ft (1.4m)	9s
Afternoon (06 Nov)	4.5ft (1.4m)	9s
Evening (06 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Sat morning, min 13°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Fri morning, strong winds from the S by Sun afternoon).
	Friday 6						Saturday 7								Sunday 8								Mon 9
	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	1	0	0	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	!	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	NE 6	E 9	E 9	S 6	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 9
Wave Graph
kJ	288	275	326	299	237	194	172	131	99	76	75	48	43	40	40	198	342	414	801	1680	1484	1000	1308	993
Wind (km/h)	WSW	ESE	E	ENE	NNE	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNE	ENE	NNE	NNE	W	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide	6:59AM1.46m				7:04PM1.43m				7:38AM1.57m				7:46PM1.38m					8:15AM1.66m				8:24PM1.33m
Low Tide			1:06PM0.37m				1:17AM0.23m				1:54PM0.32m				1:50AM0.22m					2:37PM0.30m				2:21AM0.23m


	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47
	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:14	—	—	—	7:15
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	20	21	20	19	19	18	16	19	26	25	23	21	20	17	17	16	17	16	19	16	14	14	13
Feels °C	17	19	18	17	18	19	17	15	18	24	22	22	21	19	12	12	11	11	9	10	8	8	9	8
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	NE 6	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 10	SSE 9	SSE 9
kJ	288	275	326	299	237	194	172	131	99	76	75	48	33	35	40	41	40	56	43	57	33	71	727	579
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	SSE 7	NE 6	NE 6	E 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	E 10	E 10
kJ	50	50	50	35	35	35	36	36	36	37	41	40	40	31	23	5	24	6	6	6	6	5	47	30
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	E 14	E 13	E 14	E 14	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 14	—	N 12	N 12	E 9	E 12	E 12	NNE 6	NNE 12	NNE 6	—	—	—	NE 12	NE 11
kJ	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	—	3	3	40	12	11	3	15	3	—	—	—	5	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	ENE 3	NE 3	—	NNW 2	N 3	NNE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 6	—	S 4	S 6	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 9
kJ	—	—	—	—	4	4	—	1	4	6	9	38	43	—	37	198	342	414	801	1680	1484	1000	1308	993
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	1	1	4	4	4	4
Distance (km)	0	95	193	193	0	0	0	0	0	0	252	23	0	0	23	150	82	101	582	438	196	23	5	2
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	1			1	1	1	1	1	2					4	4
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	4	2	2	4	5	4	4	4	1	1	2	3	3	5	5	2	3	2	4	4	4	4
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