Gileston surf break

Gileston surfForecast / Wales – South East / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 13 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
6.7° C
(Which is 3.2°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Gileston today?

The current surf forecast for Gileston at 7AM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (13 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (13 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
W
0.6
W
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.3
W
1.2
W
Period(s) (?)111212111111111111111111131313121210101918171716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)383397397383307256253198151114838217312311976471572082674475051015771
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
S
15
S
5
WSW
15
NW
15
NW
10
N
5
N
5
N
0
ENE
5
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SW
15
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
10
SW
5
S
10
E
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
onononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:54AM
6.59
2:30PM
6.58
3:08AM
6.63
3:41PM
6.71
4:11AM
6.93
4:38PM
7.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:54AM
3.19
8:30PM
3.19
9:09AM
3.20
9:43PM
3.09
10:20AM
2.95
10:47PM
2.77
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
Sunrise--8:12-------8:12-------8:11-----
Sunset----4:30-------4:31-------4:32---
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--131----------1----1241
Temp. °C9910997654435656787777656
Feels °C (?)6668633212013211445432-10
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