Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Gileston today (20 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with W swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with W swell.
The current surf forecast for Gileston at 11PM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (20 Aug) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 7s |
| Evening (20 Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Gileston. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Thu afternoon, calm by Fri morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 20 | Friday 21 | Saturday 22 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 7 | W 7 | W 6 | W 6 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | W 7 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 6 | WNW 5 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 158 | 111 | 68 | 47 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 34 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 14 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off |
High Tide | 00:50AM6.85m | 1:20PM6.59m | 2:00AM6.30m | 2:46PM6.24m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:27PM2.74m | 6:54AM3.07m | 7:29PM3.29m | 8:06AM3.51m | 8:57PM3.57m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 8:25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:22 | — |
mm | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 18 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 17 |
Feels °C | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | W 9 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 7 | W 8 | W 7 | W 6 | W 6 | WNW 5 | WNW 4 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 |
| kJ | — | 43 | 68 | 47 | 27 | 20 | 22 | 34 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 14 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | W 9 | W 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | W 9 | — | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | W 10 | W 10 | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | 41 | 41 | 27 | 26 | 14 | — | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 5 | — | W 10 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 7 | W 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | NW 3 | WNW 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 2 |
| kJ | 158 | 111 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 613 | 278 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 46 | 201 | 350 | 58 | 67 | 198 | 61 | 64 | 58 | 168 | 199 | 198 | 198 |
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