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Hells Gate surfForecast / WA – North West / Australia
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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
21.5° C
(Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)How big are the waves at Hells Gate today?
The current surf forecast for Hells Gate at 5PM is: 1.2m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (AWST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (19 May) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 16s |
| Afternoon (19 May) | 4ft (1.2m) | 16s |
| Evening (19 May) | 5ft (1.6m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Hells Gate. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Tue afternoon, min 17°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (calm on Tue afternoon, fresh winds from the SSE by Thu night). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 19 | Wednesday 20 | Thursday 21 | Fri 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 15 | SW 13 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | |
587 | 739 | 729 | 1248 | 1048 | 1020 | 1020 | 940 | 940 | 940 | 833 | 821 | 939 | 458 | 838 | 833 | 928 | 928 | 928 | 915 | 890 | 865 | 840 | 722 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | |
High Tide | 11:07AM1.16m | 11:54AM1.13m | 12:40PM1.07m | |||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:57PM0.34m | 10:12PM0.36m | 11:03PM0.40m | |||||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:00 | — | |
— | — | 5:36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | — | — | 5:35 | |
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Temp °C | 23 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 17 |
17 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 12 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 11 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 15 | SW 13 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 |
331 | 739 | 729 | 1248 | 1048 | 1020 | 1020 | 940 | 940 | 940 | 833 | 821 | 939 | 458 | 838 | 833 | 928 | 928 | 928 | 915 | 890 | 865 | 840 | 722 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 16 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 16 | SW 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSW 7 | SW 14 |
587 | 376 | 338 | 263 | 263 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 427 | 264 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 172 | 647 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSW 3 | SSW 4 | SSW 4 | S 5 | S 5 | — | SSW 8 |
7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 13 | 29 | 49 | 78 | — | 283 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 249 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 322 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 512 | 569 | 772 | 997 | 512 | 512 |
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