Gallows 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.32° S 153.14° E

Issued: 4 am 28 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Gallows sea temperature is

20.6°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 (28 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 7s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Gallows at 8AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	7s
Afternoon (28 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	7s
Evening (28 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Wed afternoon, min 16°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 28								Thursday 29								Friday 30
	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
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	3	1	0	0	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	SSE 8	ESE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	E 9	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 12	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	73	72	55	53	62	69	64	57	55	43	55	57	55	57	137	275	256	295	813	263	195	181	129	126
Wind (km/h)	NNW	W	SW	SSE	E	NE	N	N	WSW	SW	SSW	SSE	ESE	E	ESE	SW	W	W	W	E	ENE	NE	NNE	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	on	on	cross-on	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				10:05AM1.89m				10:26PM1.36m				10:52AM1.88m					11:19PM1.24m				11:45AM1.83m
Low Tide		3:35AM0.19m				4:38PM0.21m				4:17AM0.24m					5:33PM0.25m				5:02AM0.31m				6:35PM0.31m


	—	5:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:06	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:07	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	18	18	21	22	21	19	18	16	16	17	20	21	20	19	18	17	16	18	20	21	21	19	18
Feels °C	19	19	17	20	20	20	18	18	14	13	15	18	19	18	19	19	16	16	18	19	19	19	18	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 12	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 16	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9
kJ	60	60	47	33	37	69	64	57	55	43	55	57	55	57	137	275	256	176	813	210	195	173	129	126
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	E 12	ENE 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	SSE 7	E 8	SSE 16	SSE 16	ENE 8	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 14
kJ	73	72	55	53	3	28	27	28	26	40	39	35	34	33	29	31	198	295	19	263	186	181	123	115
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	—	E 12	E 12	E 11	E 9	E 11	NE 6	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	ENE 8	SSE 16	E 8	ENE 8	E 13	ENE 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9
kJ	3	3	3	3	—	3	3	2	15	2	1	26	48	48	21	87	30	19	3	11	10	14	14	14
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	—	—	SSE 3	ESE 7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	ESE 2	E 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 2	ENE 3	NE 3	NE 3
kJ	17	—	—	1	62	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	2	1	2	2
Distance (km)	0	0	2	2	101	23	0	0	0	2	2	2	101	193	0	0	0	0	0	95	193	243	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	2		3	2
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Rating (10 max)	2	3	3	3	4	1	1	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	9	5	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	6	6	7	5	7	4	5	5	5	8	4	4	5	5	5	5	9	5	5	4	5	5	5

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