The Gallows 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.80° S 114.99° E

Issued: 7 pm 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Gallows sea temperature is

18.1°C

The Gallows surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at The Gallows today (08 Sep):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 16s period with WSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 16s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Gallows at 10PM is: 3.5m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 08). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AWST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (08 Sep)	13ft (4.0m)	16s
Evening (08 Sep)	11ft (3.5m)	16s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed afternoon, min 9°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Tue 8			Wednesday 9								Thursday 10
	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	5	5	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 16
Wave Graph
kJ	7126	5968	5438	5424	4920	4278	3750	3487	3156	3038	2655	2336	2015	1690	1468	1468	1488	1809	1832
Wind (km/h)	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	NE	ENE	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	N	NW	SE	ENE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide							8:33AM0.71m					00:03AM0.36m			9:18AM0.66m
Low Tide	4:29PM0.03m								4:54PM0.10m			1:33AM0.36m						5:08PM0.18m


	—	—	—	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:26	—	—	—	—	—	—
	6:06	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:06	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	15	12	10	11	9	13	18	19	18	18	13	12	11	15	17	18	17	17
Feels °C	16	10	8	6	7	4	8	14	16	14	13	8	7	5	10	14	16	14	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 16
kJ	7126	5968	5438	5424	4920	4278	3750	3487	3156	3038	2655	2336	2015	1690	1468	1468	1488	1809	1832
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SSE 7	SSE 7	—	—	—	—	—	NNE 6	WSW 26	WSW 26	WSW 26	SW 24	WSW 24	SW 24	SW 24	N 6	SW 21	SW 21
kJ	—	107	67	—	—	—	—	—	12	66	66	65	146	218	141	141	31	467	467
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSE 7	SW 26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	WSW 22	N 6	N 5
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	308	23	14
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 6	—	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 5	NE 5	NE 6	—	NE 6	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NNE 5	NNE 6	—	—	—
kJ	119	—	19	20	29	42	35	24	—	15	23	41	47	56	69	53	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	9	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Distance (km)	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	1	23	1	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	9	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	9	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	9	5	4	5	4	4	4	9
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Rating (10 max)	9	8	8	8	7	6	7	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	5	6	5	9	9

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