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Gallows surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm 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
24.0° C
 (Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Gallows today?

The current surf forecast for Gallows at 12AM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 21). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)--
Afternoon (22 Jan)6ft (1.8m)11s
Evening (22 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
SE
1.2
ESE
1.9
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1.1
SSE
Period(s) (?)111111111110101010111111778887999101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)742742784814799649576541494433423328326372369383244217286312265265205205
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
15
E
5
ENE
25
S
25
S
25
S
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
N
5
N
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglassoffcross-
off		offoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:06PM
1.39
11:13AM
1.86
11:46PM
1.42
11:52AM
1.77
12:30AM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:13PM
0.25
4:48AM
0.38
5:48PM
0.27
5:32AM
0.42
6:25PM
0.30
6:21AM
0.47
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunrise------6:05-------6:05-------6:07-
Sunset-7:51-------7:51-------7:50------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------11-1-111---
Temp. °C242422201918212929282423212121222121212121212124
Feels °C (?)222322201817202928302221202122232222222223232324
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