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Hell surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 14 Jan 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
17.1° C
 (Which is 2.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hell today?

The current surf forecast for Hell at 3AM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (14 Jan)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (14 Jan)6ft (1.8m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
1
0
0
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
3
3
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
1.7
S
1.9
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
S
Period(s) (?)1111111111111112121212111110999998101077
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)88281775664058955361176512091824250227182613181215021490178515971016368657862579522
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
15
S
10
S
10
S
15
WSW
20
W
20
W
10
WSW
20
S
30
S
35
S
45
S
40
S
45
SSW
50
S
50
S
40
S
30
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
SW
35
SSW
45
S
45
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:34AM
1.09
12:38PM
1.19
1:25AM
1.18
1:28PM
1.26
2:06AM
1.27
2:09PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:41AM
0.61
7:17PM
0.45
7:32AM
0.53
7:58PM
0.36
8:13AM
0.45
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise---5:54-------5:54-------5:56----
Sunset------7:59-------7:59-------7:59-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818192120212119181817191918171717161719211917
Feels °C (?)161617181918202218131291211981013131517151110
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