Gileston Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.38° N 3.41° W

Gileston 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Gileston sea temperature is
20.1°C
3.9° 

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 (04 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Gileston at 12AM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)--
Afternoon (04 Sep)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (04 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Warm (max 22°C on Sun morning, min 13°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Thu night, calm by Sat night).

Thu
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
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
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
W
8
1.3
W
5
1.1
W
7
1.3
WSW
7
1.8
WSW
7
1.8
W
8
1.6
W
8
1.6
W
8
1.5
W
8
1.4
W
8
1.2
W
7
1.2
W
7
1.1
W
7
1
W
7
0.9
W
7
0.7
W
7
0.7
W
6
0.4
WSW
10
0.6
W
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
196
88
134
166
308
381
339
329
282
228
142
131
113
93
73
42
39
32
70
Wind (km/h)
35
W
30
WSW
30
SW
40
SW
45
WSW
25
WNW
30
W
35
W
35
W
30
W
30
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
5
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
11:45PM8.29m
12:12PM7.90m
00:45AM7.56m
1:22PM7.29m
Low Tide
5:10PM1.54m
5:36AM1.90m
6:04PM2.17m
6:38AM2.55m
7:22PM2.74m
clear
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cloud
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cloud
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clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:30
6:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:55
7:53
7:52
 mm
1
2
Temp °C
20
19
18
20
19
17
16
17
16
16
16
16
14
13
14
15
16
15
15
Feels °C
15
15
14
15
12
14
11
11
10
10
11
12
10
10
12
13
13
13
14
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