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Gallows surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 21 Jan 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
24.1° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Gallows today?

The current surf forecast for Gallows at 10AM is: 2.0m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 21). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Afternoon (21 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (21 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s

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

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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
SE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.7
SSE
1.2
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.6
SE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)1111111111111111111010101011111110710109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12641056890873742784784814799689576530485433433346237251253289271396315308
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
SE
15
SE
5
SSE
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
E
15
ENE
10
ESE
25
S
30
S
20
S
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
15
SE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		onononoffoffoffoffglasscrossoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:35AM
1.91
11:06PM
1.39
11:13AM
1.86
11:46PM
1.42
11:52AM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:07AM
0.36
5:13PM
0.25
4:48AM
0.38
5:48PM
0.27
5:32AM
0.42
6:25PM
0.30
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise--6:03-------6:05-------6:05-----
Sunset-----7:51-------7:51-------7:50--
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------1111111
Temp. °C191921232424222019182128272824222121212121212121
Feels °C (?)181820212122222018172028263022202022222222212122
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