Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.79° S 114.57° E

Hells Gate 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Hells Gate sea temperature is
20.3°C
0.6° 

Hells Gate surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Hells Gate today (06 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 17s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Hells Gate at 4AM is: 2.3m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)8ft (2.4m)15s
Afternoon (06 Oct)10ft (3.0m)17s
Evening (06 Oct)10ft (3.0m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Tue morning, min 16°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
2
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
SW
15
2.3
SW
15
2.3
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.3
SW
16
2.4
SW
16
2.3
SW
16
2.2
SW
16
2.1
SW
16
1.9
SW
16
1.9
SW
16
1.8
SW
16
1.8
SW
16
2.2
SW
17
2.5
SW
16
3
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1968
2341
2341
2814
3865
5674
4076
4437
3976
3039
3396
2702
2829
2668
2384
2087
1832
1832
1571
1707
2664
3175
3772
3142
Wind (km/h)
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
S
35
SSW
30
S
25
S
30
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
W
30
W
40
WSW
35
SW
30
SSW
25
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
5:23AM0.69m
9:29PM0.51m
7:57AM0.67m
9:11PM0.54m
8:52AM0.64m
9:15PM0.59m
Low Tide
2:25PM0.24m
1:36AM0.48m
2:46PM0.29m
2:27AM0.39m
3:02PM0.34m
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light rain
clear
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Temp °C
15
15
18
24
20
19
18
18
18
18
18
19
19
18
18
17
18
18
19
19
19
18
17
17
Feels °C
11
11
14
21
15
15
16
15
15
15
15
16
16
15
16
15
16
16
16
15
13
12
10
11
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