Gallows 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.32° S 153.14° E

Issued: 3 am 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Gallows sea temperature is

20.2°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 (09 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Gallows at 7AM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	8s
Afternoon (09 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	9s
Evening (09 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Wed night. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed morning, min 13°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NE on Wed morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Wed night).
	Wednesday 9								Thursday 10								Friday 11
	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	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	SSE 6	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	S 9	SSE 10	SE 8	SSE 10	SSE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	465	338	295	295	293	262	238	205	280	765	1003	1026	1209	983	1152	1041	1018	941	477	440	363	450	335	657
Wind (km/h)	SW	WSW	WNW	NE	E	ESE	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSE	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross
High Tide			6:42AM1.26m				6:55PM1.78m					7:25AM1.37m				7:39PM1.78m				8:06AM1.47m				8:20PM1.73m
Low Tide	00:50AM0.16m				12:28PM0.23m					1:30AM0.11m				1:17PM0.17m				2:06AM0.09m				2:03PM0.15m


	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:36	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	1
Temp °C	14	13	13	18	19	18	17	16	15	14	14	17	17	18	15	15	14	13	14	15	18	17	16	16
Feels °C	11	12	12	16	16	16	15	12	9	8	7	10	11	12	11	11	10	9	10	11	15	14	14	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	ESE 11	ESE 11	E 15	ESE 10	E 15	SSE 23	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	ESE 8	ESE 7	ESE 8	E 13	ESE 7	SSE 10
kJ	465	338	295	295	293	262	238	205	48	68	4	59	4	53	755	618	644	499	62	104	120	4	111	282
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 9	—	E 16	E 16	E 14	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 12	E 16	E 16	S 18	E 15	E 15	E 15	SSE 23	SSE 22	SSE 21	ESE 8	SSE 18	E 14	E 13	NE 13	E 13	ESE 7
kJ	16	—	5	5	4	18	16	28	5	5	24	4	4	4	52	99	87	87	64	4	4	7	4	114
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 15	E 16	E 16	—	E 16	E 16	E 16	E 16	E 16	E 16	E 15	S 23	E 15	NE 15	E 15	E 15	E 15	SSE 18	E 14	ENE 14	S 22	S 21	E 13	E 14
kJ	4	5	5	—	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	11	4	8	4	4	4	67	4	18	9	9	14	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	NE 3	—	S 3	SSE 6	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	S 9	SSE 10	SE 8	SSE 10	SSE 10
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	6	280	765	1003	1026	1209	983	1152	1041	1018	941	477	440	363	450	335	657
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Coffs Harbour-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie	Gallows NSW - North Coast	Gallows NSW - North Coast	Angourie Point NSW - North Coast	The Pass NSW - North Coast	Old Woman Island - South Side QLD - Sunshine Coast	Coffs Harbour-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie	Coffs Harbour-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie	Wategos NSW - North Coast	Scotts Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Shelly Beach NSW - Port Macquarie	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	North Haven NSW - Port Macquarie	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Shelly Beach NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Coffs Harbour-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie	Coffs Harbour-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie	Coffs Harbour-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie	Shelly Beach NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Coffs Harbour-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie	Coffs Harbour-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	3	2	4
Distance (km)	2	0	0	95	193	410	2	2	193	37	23	82	150	82	23	29	2	2	2	23	29	82	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	2	2		2	2	2	2	3				4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia	Margaret River Bommie WA - Margaret River	Margaret River Bommie WA - Margaret River	Margaret River Bommie WA - Margaret River	Margaret River Bommie WA - Margaret River	Margaret River Bommie WA - Margaret River	Margaret River Bommie WA - Margaret River	Margaret River Bommie WA - Margaret River	Margaret River Bommie WA - Margaret River	Margaret River Bommie WA - Margaret River	Daly Heads SA - Yorke Peninsula	Bells Beach - Rincon VIC - Torquay	Guillotines NSW - South Coast	Turtles WA - North West	Steep Point WA - North West	Guillotines NSW - South Coast	Luna Park VIC - Far West	Luna Park VIC - Far West	Tessellated Pavements TAS - East Coast	Luna Park VIC - Far West	Luna Park VIC - Far West	Cyclops WA - Far South	Ethel Wreck SA - Yorke Peninsula	Tessellated Pavements TAS - East Coast	Tessellated Pavements TAS - East Coast
Rating (10 max)	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	7	6	6	6	6	4	4	9	8
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Rating (10 max)	7	9	6	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	9	6	5	9	5	7	8	8	9	9	5	5	9	9

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