Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.79° S 114.57° E

Hells Gate 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

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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 (04 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Hells Gate at 7PM is: 2.2m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)7ft (2.1m)15s
Afternoon (04 Oct)8ft (2.5m)15s
Evening (04 Oct)7ft (2.2m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Tue morning, min 13°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Mon afternoon, light winds from the S by Tue morning).

Sun
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
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
0
0
1
1
3
3
3
1
0
0
1
1
3
3
3
3
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
16
2.2
SW
16
2.1
SW
16
2.1
SW
16
2.1
SW
16
2.3
SW
16
2.1
SW
16
2
SW
15
2
SW
15
2
SW
15
2.1
SW
15
2.1
SW
15
2.2
SW
15
2.3
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2140
3080
3182
2325
2185
2185
2157
2443
2120
1808
1738
1715
1857
1833
2066
2341
2814
3680
5340
4076
3880
Wind (km/h)
20
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
25
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
25
S
30
S
35
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
10
S
30
S
25
S
20
S
25
SSW
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
3:37AM0.74m
5:23AM0.69m
9:29PM0.51m
Low Tide
1:19PM0.17m
1:56PM0.19m
2:25PM0.24m
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
18
18
17
16
16
15
13
14
18
19
18
17
17
16
16
19
28
20
20
19
18
Feels °C
15
14
12
11
11
11
9
10
13
14
12
12
12
12
12
15
25
15
17
17
15
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