Gileston Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.38° N 3.41° W

Gileston 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Gileston sea temperature is
18.2°C
2.8° 

Gileston surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Gileston today (27 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Gileston at 8PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (27 Sep)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (27 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 21°C on Tue afternoon, min 11°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, fresh winds from the SSE by Tue night).

Sun
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
WSW
10
0.4
W
10
1.2
WSW
10
1.1
W
9
1
W
9
0.9
W
7
0.8
W
7
0.8
W
8
0.8
W
11
0.8
W
11
0.7
W
11
0.7
W
11
0.6
W
11
0.6
W
11
0.5
W
10
0.5
W
10
0.4
W
10
0.4
W
10
0.3
W
10
0.3
W
9
0.7
SE
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
33
31
253
217
157
80
63
78
151
157
119
116
85
82
54
51
31
30
16
14
13
Wind (km/h)
30
SSE
35
S
30
WNW
25
W
15
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
ENE
10
E
15
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
15
E
15
E
20
E
25
E
20
E
30
SSE
25
SE
30
SE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
7:44AM9.66m
8:01PM10.01m
8:20AM9.96m
8:37PM10.15m
8:56AM10.01m
9:15PM10.02m
Low Tide
1:50PM0.39m
2:08AM0.20m
2:21PM0.19m
2:39AM0.16m
2:53PM0.22m
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Temp °C
17
18
17
15
14
14
13
13
13
14
16
16
15
13
11
12
13
17
21
19
18
Feels °C
13
13
12
11
12
13
12
12
12
12
14
12
12
10
8
9
9
14
17
16
15
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