Hell surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 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
15.4° C
(Which is 2.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hell today?

The current surf forecast for Hell at 12PM is: 2.3m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.5m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Afternoon (07 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Evening (07 Apr)7ft (2.2m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
3
3
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
4
4
3
4
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
2.3
SW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.7
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131312121213131312121212121216161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)31611723182117931592173914911423123397287074764363358351951959360360361091710331271
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SW
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
0
NE
10
WSW
15
SSW
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
E
10
SSW
10
SE
5
ENE
5
WNW
15
W
5
SW
10
N
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:43AM
1.30
6:09PM
1.21
6:18AM
1.18
6:55PM
1.10
7:09AM
1.07
8:18PM
1.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:54AM
0.41
12:05AM
0.52
12:31PM
0.52
12:48AM
0.64
1:27PM
0.62
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise-7:03-------7:03-------7:03------
Sunset----6:36-------6:35-------6:34---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161720232424242424262728272222242425262726252422
Feels °C (?)131418201918182020222525232020222223252724242322
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