Gileston surf break

Gileston surfForecast / Wales – South East / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 27 Jan 2026 GMT
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Gileston surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Gileston sea temperature is
6.9° C
(Which is 2.6°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Gileston today?

The current surf forecast for Gileston at 11AM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (27 Jan)5ft (1.6m)14s
Evening (27 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)14s

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

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Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Fri
30
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.6
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.1
W
1.7
W
1.2
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)111212141414141313121617161616161616151414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12617923271496120642056211615388988171648145214341411122410251025827631514384286277
Wind
(km/h)
50
SE
35
SSE
25
S
35
S
40
SSW
30
SSW
25
WSW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
20
E
20
E
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:13AM
7.73
12:46PM
7.64
1:26AM
7.38
2:07PM
7.37
2:50AM
7.39
3:30PM
7.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:07AM
2.21
6:45PM
2.38
7:22AM
2.56
8:08PM
2.63
8:56AM
2.59
9:42PM
2.49
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Fri
30
Sunrise--7:58-------7:58-------7:56-----
Sunset----4:52-------4:54-------4:57---
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
554--11-----11----------
Temp. °C81110886665558865544578777
Feels °C (?)-245-1-1-20211143210-1-1012223
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