Gillis surf break

Gillis surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Sunday 18 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
16.0° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Gillis today?

The current surf forecast for Gillis at 1AM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (19 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (19 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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

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Sun
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)151413131313131312121215151413121212111116161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1101509290898784824846467015014011710910298928564727068
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
0
SW
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
WNW
0
E
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
S
5
SW
10
WSW
0
NE
5
E
0
NE
5
SE
5
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
glassoncrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glassononglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:09PM
1.56
8:53AM
2.31
10:36PM
1.60
9:27AM
2.25
11:04PM
1.64
10:02AM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:40AM
1.06
4:07PM
0.14
3:18AM
1.04
4:35PM
0.20
3:59AM
1.02
Sun
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise----6:56-------6:56-------6:56---
Sunset-------5:10-------5:12-------5:13
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202018181719222019202019192022211818181717181918
Feels °C (?)181916161517201817181715151619181517161616161716
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