The Gallows Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.80° S 114.99° E

The Gallows 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 21 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Gallows sea temperature is
18.3°C
0.9° 

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


How big are the waves at The Gallows today (21 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Oct, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 16ft (5.0m), 17s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Gallows at 9PM is: 5.0m 17s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Oct)15ft (4.5m)16s
Afternoon (21 Oct)15ft (4.5m)16s
Evening (21 Oct)16ft (5.0m)17s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed afternoon, min 12°C on Thu night). Mainly strong winds.

Wed
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4.5
WSW
16
4.5
WSW
16
5
WSW
17
5
WSW
17
5
WSW
17
5
WSW
16
5
WSW
16
5
WSW
16
5
WSW
16
4.5
WSW
15
4.5
WSW
15
4.5
WSW
15
4.5
WSW
15
4.5
WSW
15
4.5
WSW
16
4.5
WSW
16
4.5
WSW
15
4.5
SW
15
4
SW
15
4
SW
14
4
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
10317
11275
13816
12977
13837
12948
12110
11957
11023
9620
9492
9072
9317
9203
9657
9878
9393
8362
7527
7042
6488
Wind (km/h)
35
NW
40
NW
40
W
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
35
SW
30
SSW
30
SW
35
SW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
9:18PM0.45m
7:04AM0.51m
8:46PM0.48m
8:03AM0.49m
8:41PM0.53m
Low Tide
2:14PM0.19m
1:39AM0.41m
2:14PM0.22m
2:27AM0.34m
2:15PM0.27m
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5:30
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Temp °C
18
18
17
16
15
14
14
14
14
14
15
14
13
13
12
12
13
13
13
12
13
Feels °C
12
12
11
11
7
7
7
7
7
7
8
6
6
6
5
5
5
4
5
4
5
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