Gallows 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.32° S 153.14° E

Issued: 3 am 23 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Gallows sea temperature is

21.3°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 (23 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 7s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Gallows at 10AM is: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 19s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.5m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (23 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	7s
Afternoon (23 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	7s
Evening (23 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Warm (max 21°C on Fri morning, min 15°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 23								Thursday 24								Friday 25
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SE 6	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 7	E 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	123	97	145	186	186	154	125	104	96	93	85	101	97	97	97	81	81	81	81	86	91	143	180	209
Wind (km/h)	E	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	N	N	NNW	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			5:54AM1.14m				5:51PM1.55m				6:28AM1.27m				6:28PM1.62m				7:00AM1.40m					7:04PM1.67m
Low Tide	00:00AM0.37m				11:28AM0.50m				00:29AM0.30m				12:11PM0.42m				00:59AM0.23m				12:52PM0.33m


	—	5:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:33	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:44	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:44	—	—
mm	—	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	20	21	19	17	16
Feels °C	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	18	17	16	15	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 6	SSE 11	SSE 10	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	SSE 12	SSE 11	SSE 11	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 7	E 7	SSE 10	ENE 7	ENE 7
kJ	88	90	78	186	186	154	125	104	96	93	85	46	40	38	97	81	81	81	81	86	91	18	143	125
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 19	SSE 19	SSE 19	SSE 18	SSE 17	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	—	SSE 10	SSE 9
kJ	123	70	119	139	184	93	50	45	24	43	46	3	3	3	36	34	34	33	32	31	18	—	18	17
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 19	SSE 8	—	SSE 10	SSE 10	S 10	S 20	N 9	SSE 15	—	—	E 12	—	E 12	E 12	E 12	S 18	—	—	ENE 8	S 16	E 11	E 11	E 11
kJ	34	11	—	35	11	2	31	2	22	—	—	3	—	3	3	3	6	—	—	23	5	2	2	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	E 6	ESE 6	E 6	ESE 6	—	—	—	ESE 6	E 6	E 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	NE 2	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7
kJ	—	97	145	160	80	119	119	104	—	—	—	101	97	97	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	143	180	209
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Rating (10 max)	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Distance (km)	23	23	23	353	453	529	243	0	0	0	23	438	23	101	23	0	0	0	0	0	193	193	23	3
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2					2	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2		2
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Rating (10 max)	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	2	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	9	9	9	9	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	9	5

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