Hell surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 13 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
16.0° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Hell today?

The current surf forecast for Hell at 3PM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Nov)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Afternoon (13 Nov)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (13 Nov)8ft (2.5m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
13
Friday
14
Saturday
15
Sunday
16
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
2
3
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SW
3
SW
2
WSW
2.5
S
2.5
SSW
2.1
S
2
S
2.1
S
2.5
S
3
SSW
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
3
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
Period(s) (?)13121288888888888888888881414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18532408111971769956348451079611281350133810841226114210758891103151918711815156520821902
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
S
25
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
30
S
50
S
55
S
50
S
50
S
50
S
45
S
40
S
40
S
50
S
55
S
55
S
50
S
40
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
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
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:32AM
1.26
11:16PM
1.13
11:34AM
1.32
12:13AM
1.20
12:21PM
1.38
12:55AM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:15PM
0.48
5:21AM
0.52
6:11PM
0.40
6:14AM
0.47
6:52PM
0.33
6:56AM
0.41
Thursday
13
Friday
14
Saturday
15
Sunday
16
Sunrise-------5:39-------5:39-------5:37
Sunset--7:23-------7:24-------7:25-----
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. °C232422192120171821201917171615161919181615151415
Feels °C (?)181815131716131416119888781197567810
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