Gillis surf break

Gillis surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Tuesday 06 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 1.7°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 7PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 06). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Jan)--
Afternoon (06 Jan)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (06 Jan)2ft (0.6m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
3
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.8
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.4
W
1.9
W
2
W
1.5
W
1.9
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
0.8
W
0.6
W
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)8812111111109985778888888771313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)505198898582734340222710411422747655231151221914270343535
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
SSE
0
W
5
S
5
ESE
0
E
5
WNW
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
WNW
5
NE
5
NNW
5
NW
10
NNW
20
NNW
35
N
35
NNW
30
N
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
offglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:38AM
2.20
12:28AM
1.71
11:25AM
1.95
1:13AM
1.75
12:17PM
1.68
2:00AM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:46PM
0.20
5:37AM
1.07
6:24PM
0.40
6:48AM
1.09
7:00PM
0.60
8:16AM
1.06
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise------6:58-------6:58-------6:58-
Sunset-4:59-------5:00-------5:00------
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171817171615151617171616151413151515131212121113
Feels °C (?)1516161615151414141414141312101066578878
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