Gileston surf break

Gileston surfForecast / Wales – South East / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 16 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
6.4° C
(Which is 3.4°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Gileston today?

The current surf forecast for Gileston at 4AM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)4ft (1.2m)14s
Afternoon (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (17 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s

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

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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WSW
1.5
W
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.7
W
Period(s) (?)151514141413131312121212111111101010101010111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10499918457145885394273452561921771328986835653525133555861106
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:46AM
7.89
6:06PM
7.99
6:24AM
8.40
6:43PM
8.42
7:01AM
8.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:38PM
2.34
12:04PM
2.08
12:20AM
1.89
12:44PM
1.65
12:57AM
1.49
1:19PM
1.29
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise----8:10-------8:08-------8:07---
Sunset------4:36-------4:37-------4:39-
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-1-----------11111111221
Temp. °C777669987665667889997899
Feels °C (?)344336554321234656663467
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