Gallows surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 26 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 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Gallows today?

The current surf forecast for Gallows at 9AM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 26). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)7ft (2.1m)12s
Afternoon (26 Mar)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (26 Mar)6ft (1.9m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
2
2
2
3
2
2
3
2
0
1
1
1
2
4
!
3
2
!
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2
E
1.9
ESE
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.3
ESE
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
SE
2.1
S
3
S
2.3
SSE
2.5
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
4
S
Period(s) (?)121212121111111111101010101010101010141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)148013321215118710249118667765733703022702121641279896796329822592671324032205279
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
NW
5
WSW
5
NE
15
ENE
20
NNE
20
N
15
NNW
10
SW
10
NNW
10
WNW
20
WNW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
S
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:47AM
1.63
3:42PM
1.07
4:10AM
1.61
5:11PM
1.11
5:24AM
1.64
6:17PM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:53AM
0.53
9:07PM
0.60
11:19AM
0.48
10:37PM
0.59
12:22PM
0.40
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise--6:52-------6:54-------6:54-----
Sunset-----6:52-------6:50-------6:49--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191920252727242324222125262419161515161920211919
Feels °C (?)202020252626242324212022191814121213141717191817
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  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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