Hell Surf Forecast

/ West Coast (18 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Hell surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 20 Aug 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 14.2° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hell today?

The current surf forecast for Hell at 1AM is: 2.4m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Aug)	8ft (2.5m)	11s
Afternoon (21 Aug)	8ft (2.5m)	11s
Evening (21 Aug)	7ft (2.2m)	11s

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

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	Wednesday 20			Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	1	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	12	12	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	692	823	1228	1757	2158	2087	1719	1490	1307	1137	991	944	1014	936	1146	1183	1126	1259	1473	1748	2178	3194	3832	5315
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	NW	SW	SSW	SSW	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	W	SW	W	WNW	NW	WNW	W	WNW	W	W	WNW	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				1:58AM 1.43					2:25PM 1.51				2:39AM 1.50				3:02PM 1.60				3:15AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		7:57PM 0.31					8:15AM 0.20				8:39PM 0.21				8:52AM 0.13				9:15PM 0.14				9:25AM 0.09

	Wednesday 20			Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-
Sunset	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	14
Feels °C (?)	12	13	13	14	14	14	13	12	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	7	8	7	8

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West Coast

Wind Update Cross-on wind has become light (calm at Brandhoek wx 120 km from Hell). A 2.0m groundswell from the WSW
1 hour 37 minutes ago Hell

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