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Hell surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 20 Nov 2025 SAST
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Hell surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hell sea temperature is
12.8° C
 (Which is 4.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hell today?

The current surf forecast for Hell at 4PM is: 2.4m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 2.5m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)7ft (2.2m)15s
Afternoon (20 Nov)7.5ft (2.3m)15s
Evening (20 Nov)8ft (2.4m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
0
0
2
3
2
2
4
2
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
2
3
2
1
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
3
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
Period(s) (?)1615151515151414141313889121212121289988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)215820832424241624492278221618491527138012471320129810277246576465315521295200318341142836
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
45
S
50
S
50
S
45
S
35
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
35
SSW
40
S
35
S
30
S
25
S
20
S
10
S
5
WNW
10
W
20
SSW
30
S
45
S
35
S
45
S
40
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:06PM
1.50
3:32AM
1.45
3:37PM
1.47
4:04AM
1.43
4:10PM
1.43
4:38AM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:04AM
0.29
9:23PM
0.17
9:35AM
0.29
9:53PM
0.20
10:06AM
0.32
10:24PM
0.24
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise-------5:35-------5:35-------5:35
Sunset--7:30-------7:31-------7:31-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232221171716161825242218191817202018211817171718
Feels °C (?)1714129910111322191612141414192017181410121011
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