Gileston surf break

Gileston surfForecast / Wales – South East / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 09 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
7.0° C
(Which is 3.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Gileston today?

The current surf forecast for Gileston at 1PM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Afternoon (09 Jan)5ft (1.6m)7s
Evening (09 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)12s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.6
WNW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
0.9
WSW
1
W
0.9
W
0.6
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)77712121312121212991111111081010910111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2942102092332935548836686472321671228614911073491239892471608691704
Wind
(km/h)
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
20
NW
10
N
5
NE
10
NE
5
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
S
25
S
35
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassoffglasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:38AM
8.48
11:01PM
7.84
11:23AM
7.83
11:49PM
7.29
12:14PM
7.23
12:45AM
6.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:50PM
1.74
5:04AM
2.06
5:34PM
2.24
5:52AM
2.54
6:23PM
2.70
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise8:15-------8:15-------8:15-------
Sunset--4:24-------4:25-------4:27-----
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11--------------11-24---
Temp. °C555554433443345788111212101010
Feels °C (?)-3-3-3-3-2-110011-1-2-2-2-1-1-1657434
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