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Gallows surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 17 Feb 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
25.5° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Gallows today?

The current surf forecast for Gallows at 4PM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am February 17). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (17 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (17 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.7
E
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)777777677799999999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11899105999289704736364367656259596264655040503838
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
S
15
ESE
15
ENE
15
NNE
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
5
ENE
15
ENE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
5
NW
10
S
15
SE
10
E
10
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffglasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:57AM
1.87
9:23PM
1.44
9:33AM
1.90
9:59PM
1.52
10:10AM
1.89
10:36PM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:31PM
0.26
3:10AM
0.32
4:03PM
0.23
3:51AM
0.30
4:36PM
0.22
4:33AM
0.30
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
Sunrise6:28-------6:28-------6:28-------
Sunset---7:32-------7:31-------7:30----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192324242221191921272828242424232427282624232222
Feels °C (?)192323232221181821282726242424232527292827252324
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