Gallows 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.32° S 153.14° E

Issued: 4 am 10 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Gallows sea temperature is

21.4°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 (10 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Nov, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 11s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Nov, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 11s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 11s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Gallows at 7AM is: 2.1m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 10). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Nov)	6.5ft (2.0m)	11s
Afternoon (10 Nov)	5.5ft (1.7m)	11s
Evening (10 Nov)	5ft (1.6m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Thu night. Warm (max 29°C on Wed morning, min 17°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Fri 13
	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	2	1	1	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 5	SSE 6	S 5	SSE 8	SSE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	1267	1090	938	873	757	687	584	513	458	375	340	256	216	151	145	118	101	79	61	65	123	74	53	28	26	23
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WNW	NNW	NE	ENE	NE	NNE	N	W	NNW	NW	NE	NE	W	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	SW	SW	SW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	glassy	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross	cross	cross-off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off
High Tide				9:27AM1.76m				9:38PM1.22m				10:04AM1.76m				10:16PM1.17m				10:41AM1.74m				10:58PM1.11m
Low Tide		2:53AM0.25m				4:00PM0.32m				3:25AM0.28m				4:42PM0.36m				3:59AM0.34m					5:25PM0.40m			4:34AM0.41m


	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43
	—	—	—	—	—	7:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:16	—	—	—	7:17
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	4	3	—	—
Temp °C	15	14	17	22	22	22	21	20	19	18	22	29	24	21	21	20	19	20	20	22	23	22	21	20	20	19
Feels °C	14	13	16	20	19	20	22	21	20	18	22	28	22	21	21	20	19	21	20	21	22	24	22	21	21	20
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SE 10	NE 5	SSE 9	SE 9	NE 7	SE 9	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	SE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8
kJ	1267	1090	938	873	757	687	584	513	458	375	340	256	216	56	145	118	65	79	36	28	29	16	18	26	26	23
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 11	E 11	E 11	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	E 10	SSE 9	NE 7	NE 7	SSE 9	NE 7	SE 9	E 9	E 10	E 10	NE 6	E 9	E 9	E 9
kJ	27	15	15	15	20	20	20	31	36	23	19	19	16	151	52	69	101	43	61	16	16	16	10	14	14	13
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	E 11	E 10	NE 11	E 10	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 10	S 12	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 10	E 10	SE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	E 9	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6
kJ	5	5	5	5	20	19	5	17	20	20	20	17	12	16	15	12	13	16	16	5	11	10	15	10	6	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	ENE 11	NE 4	NE 5	NNE 6	NNE 6	—	NNE 6	NNE 6	NE 4	—	—	NNE 7	NNE 7	—	NNE 7	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 5	SSE 6	S 5	S 4	S 4
kJ	—	—	—	—	101	35	25	128	113	—	80	66	21	—	—	217	237	—	144	65	123	74	53	28	10	9
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	4	3	3	1	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	5	2	0	0	0	19	410	587	0	0	0	0	0	19	23	0	0	0	0	0	2	95	101	2	2	5
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	3	4			3	3	3	3	2	2		2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	6	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	3	3	1	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	9	6	6	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	9	8	8

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