Gillis surf break

Gillis surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 PDT
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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
17.2° C
(Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Gillis today?

The current surf forecast for Gillis at 3PM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)17s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161718181818181815161616161616161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12966129175193316319319273127174121255326330330291226223220217217215201
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
10
SSE
15
SSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
15
S
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
onononcross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:25AM
1.68
7:34PM
1.53
4:57AM
1.71
7:35PM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:53AM
0.65
11:51AM
0.58
11:39PM
1.39
12:30PM
0.52
12:32AM
1.23
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise6:31-------6:28-------6:28-------
Sunset---7:20-------7:21-------7:21----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------------------112
Temp. °C171920202019171717181918171616151517181716161715
Feels °C (?)181919181818161717161615151415141415151414131312
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