Gillis Surf Forecast

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Gillis surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 PDT

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Gillis surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Gillis sea temperature is 20.5° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Gillis today?

The current surf forecast for Gillis at 8PM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (17 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	15s
Evening (17 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	15s

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

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	Wednesday 17				Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	SW	S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	165	113	163	168	159	107	106	106	106	160	103	101	63	62	58	58	59	59	59	56	52	50	49	48
Wind (km/h)	WSW	S	W	W	WSW	NNW	W	SE	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	WSW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)			7:04PM 2.11					8:37AM 1.77			7:51PM 2.14					9:00AM 1.85				8:32PM 2.12				9:23AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)	1:08PM 1.08					2:05AM 0.22			1:53PM 0.93					2:37AM 0.24				2:33PM 0.80				3:06AM 0.31

	Wednesday 17				Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-
Sunset	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	20	23	22	21	22	24	24	23	22	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	20	21	20	20	20	23
Feels °C (?)	21	20	20	25	21	23	23	27	25	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	24	23	21	23	22	23	22	24

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - LA County

Wind Update Wind reports 6 km away suggest it is still onshore at Gillis (moderate winds from the SW at Los Angeles Airport). 0.7m 4s local chop from the WSW with a 0.6m 15s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.4m 11s groundswell from the S as well as a 0.2m 15s groundswell from the SW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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