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Hells Gate surfForecast / WA – North West / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 21 Jan 2026 AWST
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Hells Gate surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hells Gate sea temperature is
23.5° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hells Gate today?

The current surf forecast for Hells Gate at 4PM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)5ft (1.6m)14s
Afternoon (21 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Evening (21 Jan)4ft (1.2m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.2
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
0.9
SW
1.8
SSW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)14141414131313131312121213677777719181217
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)99210639437159194954883693572562483718352583523562972732142892235570844951
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
5
SSE
20
SSW
30
S
15
SSE
10
SE
10
E
10
NE
25
SW
30
S
40
S
40
S
35
S
40
S
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
S
30
SSW
35
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcrosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:13PM
0.53
11:10PM
0.84
1:22PM
0.57
11:51PM
0.76
1:39PM
0.63
12:32AM
0.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:25AM
0.22
2:43PM
0.52
6:45AM
0.28
4:05PM
0.53
6:59AM
0.34
6:35PM
0.54
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
Sunrise-5:41-------5:43-------5:43------
Sunset----7:22-------7:22-------7:22---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C323237383228272628302925232121202021212121202019
Feels °C (?)252531362925262626272523191716151517171615151615
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