Gileston Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.38° N 3.41° W

Gileston 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 12 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Gileston sea temperature is
12.1°C
0.8° 

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 (12 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Nov, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Nov, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Gileston at 10PM is: 0.1m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm November 12). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Nov)--
Afternoon (12 Nov)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Evening (12 Nov)0.5ft (0.1m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 12°C on Sun morning, min 4°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, fresh winds from the SW by Sun morning).

Thu
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
WSW
10
0.2
WSW
10
0.1
SW
10
0.1
SW
10
0.1
SW
10
0.1
SW
9
0.1
SW
9
0.1
SW
9
0.1
W
16
0.1
W
16
0.1
W
15
0.1
SW
15
0.1
SW
14
0.1
SW
13
0.1
SW
13
0.1
SW
13
0.2
WSW
12
0.2
WSW
12
0.2
WSW
12
0.2
WSW
12
0.2
WSW
11
0.6
SW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
11
10
4
4
4
3
3
3
5
5
4
8
8
7
7
7
15
14
14
14
13
38
Wind (km/h)
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
0
S
5
WSW
0
N
5
SE
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
30
S
30
SSW
Wind State
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
8:16PM8.60m
8:32AM8.60m
8:51PM8.19m
9:09AM8.18m
9:29PM7.71m
Low Tide
1:58PM1.27m
2:11AM1.51m
2:33PM1.61m
2:46AM1.88m
3:11PM2.03m
3:25AM2.28m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
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7:28
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Temp °C
8
6
5
4
4
4
5
7
7
7
6
5
5
4
5
8
10
7
7
8
9
11
Feels °C
2
0
0
-1
0
1
2
5
4
5
3
2
2
1
1
4
5
2
3
3
2
5
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