Hell surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 08 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 6AM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 1.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)6ft (1.8m)12s
Afternoon (08 Apr)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
3
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
S
1.7
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.7
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)131312121213131312121212121216161515141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1514942111697287074764354652851951954655155161091710331271188817361581153712991179
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
NE
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
NNE
5
SSE
10
SE
10
S
10
E
15
NNE
15
NNW
15
W
10
WSW
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
WSW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrossononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:18AM
1.18
6:55PM
1.10
7:09AM
1.07
8:18PM
1.02
8:51AM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:05AM
0.52
12:31PM
0.52
12:48AM
0.64
1:27PM
0.62
2:15AM
0.73
3:26PM
0.67
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise---7:03-------7:03-------7:05----
Sunset------6:35-------6:34-------6:32-
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242526272827242326262524262727252222212021222118
Feels °C (?)192121242524222226252423252525242221212020201817
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