Gallows surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 15 Apr 2026 AEST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
24.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Gallows today?

The current surf forecast for Gallows at 8AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (15 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (15 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
S
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)101010991010101010109999910109998108
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2742051971491461291491461431401371268888889210272654543371822
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
10
N
10
NW
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
N
15
NNW
10
NW
10
W
5
W
0
WSW
15
ENE
15
NE
10
N
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:11AM
1.67
6:43PM
1.63
6:55AM
1.69
7:22PM
1.76
7:38AM
1.69
8:03PM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:02AM
0.49
12:33PM
0.33
12:49AM
0.39
1:09PM
0.28
1:36AM
0.31
1:45PM
0.26
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise--6:05-------6:05-------6:07-----
Sunset-----5:28-------5:27-------5:25--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171616212423212019181822232321201819192527262221
Feels °C (?)161515202222222120192024222120201817172424232120
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Gallows surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest