Gileston Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.38° N 3.41° W

Gileston 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Gileston sea temperature is
17.3°C
2.6° 

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 (11 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Gileston at 6PM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Oct)2ft (0.6m)7s
Afternoon (11 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (11 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 17°C on Mon morning, min 12°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sun morning, fresh winds from the W by Tue morning).

Sun
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
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
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
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
W
7
0.6
W
7
0.5
W
7
0.4
W
7
0.4
WSW
6
0.4
WSW
6
0.3
WSW
12
0.7
WSW
11
0.9
WSW
11
1
WSW
12
1
WSW
12
1
WSW
12
1
W
11
1
W
11
1
WSW
11
1
WSW
11
1.3
W
11
1.4
W
11
1.4
W
11
1.3
W
11
1.1
W
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
38
39
27
16
13
14
29
128
217
288
293
288
251
242
249
245
388
475
457
396
275
Wind (km/h)
5
ESE
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
20
SE
10
SSE
10
WSW
20
W
10
WSW
15
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
25
SSW
30
W
30
W
30
W
20
W
15
W
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
7:41AM9.68m
7:58PM9.81m
8:15AM9.70m
8:32PM9.66m
8:48AM9.52m
9:06PM9.32m
Low Tide
1:47PM0.48m
2:03AM0.46m
2:17PM0.49m
2:32AM0.61m
2:47PM0.68m
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
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7:28
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7:31
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7:33
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6:30
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6:28
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6:25
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1
1
1
1
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1
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Temp °C
12
14
15
14
14
15
15
16
16
17
17
16
16
17
17
17
15
16
16
15
14
Feels °C
11
12
12
10
10
11
11
14
16
17
15
15
15
16
16
13
11
11
11
12
12
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