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Hell surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 14 Sep 2025 SAST
How big are the waves at Hell today?
The current surf forecast for Hell at 7AM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 5.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (14 Sep) | 10ft (3.0m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (14 Sep) | 8ft (2.5m) | 13s |
| Evening (14 Sep) | 7ft (2.1m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Hell. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Sunday 14 | Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 5 PM | 8 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |  |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 3557 | 3377 | 3468 | 3234 | 2803 | 2200 | 1874 | 1634 | 1413 | 1129 | 951 | 892 | 977 | 1047 | 1208 | 1395 | 2689 | 3282 | 4939 | 6271 | 6265 | 5256 | 4312 | 2455 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | glass | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- on | on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 8:00AM 1.15 | 8:36PM 1.17 | 9:49AM 1.09 | 10:36PM 1.13 | 11:39AM 1.16 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 1:37AM 0.43 | 2:02PM 0.56 | 3:14AM 0.55 | 4:14PM 0.62 | 5:19AM 0.53 | 6:05PM 0.53 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 14 | Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | 6:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:46 | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
| Feels °C (?) | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West Coast
Continuing clean conditions at Hell (light winds from the SE at Langebaanweg 34 km from Hell). 2.3m 14s groundswell from the SW with a 0.9m 5s windswell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
34 km away, 1 h 46 min ago
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