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Gillis surf break

Gillis surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 08 Jan 2026 PST
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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
16.4° C
 (Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)
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How big are the waves at Gillis today?

The current surf forecast for Gillis at 8PM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)--
Afternoon (08 Jan)8ft (2.4m)8s
Evening (08 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
WNW
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.2
W
0.9
W
0.6
W
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
SSW
0.3
WNW
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
WNW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)888877161616161615151512141414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7303452751818335515150504847764329411616203832331717
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
40
NNW
30
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
NW
10
W
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:17PM
1.68
2:00AM
1.78
1:24PM
1.43
2:47AM
1.82
3:09PM
1.26
3:36AM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:00PM
0.60
8:16AM
1.06
7:36PM
0.80
9:55AM
0.96
8:16PM
0.98
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise------6:58-------6:58-------6:58-
Sunset-5:00-------5:01-------5:02------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161413131211111316171514141313141920171615141416
Feels °C (?)114587668111310897781415111098810
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