Gileston Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.38° N 3.41° W

Gileston 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 12 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Gileston sea temperature is
17.0°C
2.4° 

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 (13 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 10s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Gileston at 1AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Oct)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (13 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Evening (13 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu morning, min 13°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Mon afternoon, fresh winds from the W by Tue morning).

Mon
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
WSW
12
1
WSW
12
0.9
WSW
11
1
WSW
11
1
WSW
11
1.4
WSW
11
1.7
W
9
1.7
W
10
1.7
W
10
1.6
W
10
1.4
W
10
1.2
W
10
1.1
W
10
1
W
10
0.9
W
10
0.9
WSW
10
0.7
WSW
10
0.9
WSW
7
0.9
WSW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
293
288
205
254
249
436
473
563
586
504
386
279
234
194
158
173
102
77
94
Wind (km/h)
10
WSW
10
W
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
35
SW
35
W
40
W
35
W
25
W
20
W
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
S
25
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
8:32PM9.66m
8:48AM9.52m
9:06PM9.32m
9:21AM9.15m
9:38PM8.83m
Low Tide
2:17PM0.49m
2:32AM0.61m
2:47PM0.68m
3:01AM0.91m
3:18PM1.02m
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Temp °C
18
17
17
18
17
17
16
16
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15
14
14
13
13
13
17
17
14
13
Feels °C
19
17
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9
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11
11
9
12
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10
9
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