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Hells Gate surfForecast / WA – North West / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 20 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 9PM is: 1.9m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.8m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)10ft (3.0m)17s
Afternoon (20 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)16s
Evening (20 Jan)6ft (1.9m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
5
2
0
0
2
3
3
2
3
3
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SSW
0.9
SW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)17161616151514141414131313131312121413137787
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4188273632111929147412121382886957715767495488369357256248726749230385400411375
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
SSE
40
S
35
SSE
25
ESE
25
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
5
E
20
S
25
S
15
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
NE
15
WSW
30
SSW
40
S
35
S
35
S
40
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcrosscrosscrosscross-
off		offoffoffoffglasscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:30PM
0.90
1:13PM
0.53
11:10PM
0.84
1:22PM
0.57
11:51PM
0.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:25AM
0.22
2:43PM
0.52
6:45AM
0.28
4:05PM
0.53
6:59AM
0.34
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise-------5:41-------5:43-------5:43
Sunset--7:22-------7:22-------7:22-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C403731303534313237393228272728313126232121212021
Feels °C (?)353425242927242531373025262726272824191717161516
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