Gallows Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, let’s have a look at what’s on the table for Gallows. This is a reef and point set-up that works best with a SSE swell direction. The water is sitting at 68°, which is just about bang on average for this time of year – no surprises there. The next 16 days start off with a bit of a tease, nothing to write home about until Saturday.

The standout session is the Saturday morning, July 11th. Glassy conditions, a clean 4ft SE swell running at a decent 10 seconds, and the combined wave energy is sitting at a solid 513 – that’s a good moderate energy, plenty of push for an advanced wave. Winds are light and offshore, so Gallows should be looking clean and lined up. This is the session to lock in.

Sunday morning, July 12th, sees the swell drop back to 3ft ESE with a light cross-offshore breeze – clean enough for a paddle but smaller. The energy drops to 205, so it’s a far cry from Saturday’s punch. The afternoon goes cross and smaller.

Monday, July 13th, is tiny and glassy in the morning but surfable only if you’re desperate; 2ft of short-period slop is about all you’ll get. From Monday afternoon through to Wednesday, July 15th, it really goes flat or turns into a wind-blown mess – a long stretch of poor conditions with strong, lumpy cross-onshore winds. That Wednesday afternoon ramps up to 8ft SSE but with 30 mph+ cross-onshore winds, it’s a no-go.

The first week rolls into a proper lull – no good surf here for days. Thursday and Friday see huge 10 to 12ft swell, but the wind is howling onshore, and the energy numbers are massive (over 2000), but the quality is zero.

Things start to look interesting again on Sunday, July 19th, but the swell is too big for this break at 12ft – even with favourable wind and tides, that’s a big, serious wave for experts only. Same story through Monday the 20th: 10ft with glassy conditions on Monday morning – that’s a promising window for the brave, but it’s still a lot of ocean.

The real gem comes much later. On Friday, July 24th, the morning shapes up with a clean 6ft SSE swell, a 10-second period, and glassy winds. The energy is moderate at 857, and that’s a really nice, surfable option for an advanced crew. Then Saturday, July 25th, morning delivers a 6ft SSE swell with a light offshore breeze and clean conditions – another proper highlight.

Finally, Sunday, July 26th, morning is the best of the bunch for the second week: 6ft from the ESE with a 11-second period, light cross-offshore wind, and the energy is 1012 – that’s a powerful, clean, long-period swell which will really suit the reef setup here. Those are expert waves with shape and grunt.

Crowds are often an issue at Gallows, so get in early for the standout windows.

Rusty.

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