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Hell surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 08 Feb 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
16.3° C
 (Which is 3.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hell today?

The current surf forecast for Hell at 7AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 08). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (08 Feb)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (08 Feb)8ft (2.5m)8s

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

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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
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)
1
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
3
3
4
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
3
2
2
2
1
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
2.2
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
S
2.3
S
2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)101010101010778999999998888121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)30837722622222228443179510469531043959773567585677772775684497370475421843
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
25
SSW
25
S
20
SSE
5
SW
25
SSW
35
SSW
40
S
25
S
10
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
N
15
WSW
25
SSW
30
S
35
S
30
S
15
S
5
ENE
10
N
15
WSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:03AM
1.32
7:27PM
1.12
7:44AM
1.19
8:24PM
1.01
8:50AM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:41AM
0.43
1:21PM
0.48
1:16AM
0.56
2:07PM
0.58
2:05AM
0.67
3:37PM
0.66
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise---6:16-------6:18-------6:18----
Sunset------7:45-------7:45-------7:44-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818182123222022201718181923202020191918202521
Feels °C (?)171515162119171519201818191921171718192119202319
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