Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Hell today (05 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Aug, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 15s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 15s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Hell at 10PM is: 2.5m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (05 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (05 Aug) | 7ft (2.2m) | 15s |
| Evening (05 Aug) | 8ft (2.5m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Hell. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Fri afternoon, min 11°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds. | |||||||||||||||||||
Wed 5 | Thursday 6 | Friday 7 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 15 | SW 15 | WSW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 2325 | 2491 | 2838 | 3324 | 3895 | 4041 | 3478 | 3247 | 3097 | 3300 | 3440 | 3495 | 3459 | 3743 | 3728 | 4191 | 4555 | 4684 | 4369 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | off | off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 7:41PM1.37m | 8:25AM1.16m | 8:52PM1.29m | 9:56AM1.11m | 10:25PM1.25m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:07AM0.41m | 2:15PM0.51m | 3:28AM0.46m | 3:50PM0.57m | |||||||||||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  |  | | | | | | |  | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 7:33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:33 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 6:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:14 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 13 |
Feels °C | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 9 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 15 | SW 15 | WSW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 |
| kJ | 2325 | 2491 | 2838 | 3324 | 3895 | 4041 | 3478 | 3247 | 3097 | 3300 | 3440 | 3495 | 3459 | 3743 | 3728 | 4191 | 4555 | 4684 | 4369 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 9 | — | — | WNW 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 58 | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNW 4 | NNW 5 | NNW 4 | NNW 5 | NNW 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 23 | 22 | 27 | 45 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 220 | 305 | 417 | 68 | 305 | 153 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 139 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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