Gillis surf break

Gillis surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 07 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
16.3° C
(Which is 1.8°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 9AM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (07 Jan)4ft (1.2m)7s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
1
2
2
2
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.7
W
1.7
W
1.2
W
1.6
W
1.9
W
2
W
1.5
W
1.8
W
1.4
W
1.1
W
0.8
W
0.6
W
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
WNW
0.3
SSW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)111110998577888888877131316131616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)858251434036252701433184645392974502531466135353550344847
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
0
NNW
5
NNW
0
WNW
15
WSW
15
SW
5
W
5
NNE
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
20
N
35
N
30
NNW
30
N
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
W
10
W
15
NNW
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassononcross-
on
glasscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:28AM
1.71
11:25AM
1.95
1:13AM
1.75
12:17PM
1.68
2:00AM
1.78
1:24PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:37AM
1.07
6:24PM
0.40
6:48AM
1.09
7:00PM
0.60
8:16AM
1.06
7:36PM
0.80
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise--6:58-------6:58-------6:58-----
Sunset-----5:00-------5:00-------5:01--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161515161717161515141314151613121212111316171614
Feels °C (?)15141415141415141311108685788681212119
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