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Gillis surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 17 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 10AM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (17 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (17 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.4
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
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
Period(s) (?)131212121212121118181716161515141313131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1257875716943423958578789861131101509290898784824846
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
W
10
WSW
10
NW
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
5
NNE
5
WSW
15
WSW
5
WSW
5
ENE
0
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
E
5
SSE
10
SW
5
W
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		onglassglassglassoffglassglassonglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:46AM
2.28
9:41PM
1.54
8:20AM
2.32
10:09PM
1.56
8:53AM
2.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:30AM
1.14
3:08PM
0.14
2:05AM
1.10
3:38PM
0.12
2:40AM
1.06
4:07PM
0.14
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise--6:58-------6:58-------6:56-----
Sunset-----5:08-------5:09-------5:10--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212020222524232222212022242220191818181922212021
Feels °C (?)171616172120191717171618201717171716151619181818
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