Gallows 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.32° S 153.14° E

Issued: 10 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Gallows sea temperature is

21.3°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 (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Gallows at 2PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 05). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	9s
Evening (05 Nov)	5ft (1.5m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Sat morning, min 15°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Sat night).
	Thursday 5						Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	ESE 9	E 9	SSE 6	SSE 7	S 8	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	NE 5	E 9	E 9	E 9	S 6
Wave Graph
kJ	33	49	111	56	161	251	458	368	277	275	234	222	218	180	137	94	71	47	47	55	40	40	40	263
Wind (km/h)	SSW	E	ESE	SE	S	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SE	E	ENE	NNE	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NE	NNE	N	W	SSW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	glassy	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross
High Tide	6:15AM1.34m				6:18PM1.47m				6:59AM1.46m				7:04PM1.43m				7:38AM1.57m				7:46PM1.38m
Low Tide			12:12PM0.44m				00:42AM0.25m				1:06PM0.37m				1:17AM0.23m				1:54PM0.32m				1:50AM0.22m


	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47
	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—	—	7:14
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	24	25	21	19	17	15	15	17	19	20	20	18	17	16	16	18	26	26	23	22	21	18	16
Feels °C	18	24	24	18	16	14	13	13	16	17	18	18	17	16	15	15	16	24	24	23	22	19	13	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 15	E 9	E 9	E 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	E 9
kJ	33	49	4	56	54	49	319	245	277	275	234	222	218	180	137	94	71	47	47	33	62	46	24	40
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 4	S 4	NNE 6	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	NE 6
kJ	3	3	23	4	4	4	49	50	50	50	50	34	35	35	35	35	36	37	41	41	40	40	40	14
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	E 15	S 8	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 15	NE 6	NE 6	E 14	E 14	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	E 13	E 13	E 14	—	S 18	SSE 7	SSE 7	E 12	E 12
kJ	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	1	1	4	4	2	2	1	1	3	3	4	—	6	31	21	12	11
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	ESE 9	SSE 4	SSE 6	SSE 7	S 8	S 8	—	—	—	—	NNE 6	NNE 6	—	N 2	N 2	NNE 4	NNE 4	NE 5	NNE 6	—	S 4	S 6
kJ	—	—	111	38	161	251	458	368	—	—	—	—	8	12	—	1	2	5	11	55	172	—	20	263
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	16	2	95	136	82	2	2	2	0	16	101	193	0	0	0	0	0	0	252	131	0	0	82	5
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1			1	1	2	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	1	1	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	1	2	1	3	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	5	9	8	7	6	5	5

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