Hells Gate surfForecast / WA – North West / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 05 Feb 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
24.2° C
(Which is 1.3°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 8PM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (05 Feb)7ft (2.2m)13s
Evening (05 Feb)8ft (2.5m)8s

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

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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
2
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.2
SW
2.2
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)1313138888912128999101010109999910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10301342178878482357547938040313369501175123211721593135212581061866734614559617612
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
40
S
40
S
40
S
40
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
20
SSE
40
S
45
S
45
SSE
45
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SE
25
S
40
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
10
SSE
15
S
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:48PM
0.62
11:51PM
0.64
1:10PM
0.68
9:59PM
0.56
1:36PM
0.73
9:18PM
0.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:01PM
0.50
6:13AM
0.35
7:01PM
0.52
5:49AM
0.35
8:17PM
0.53
5:04AM
0.32
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise-------5:54-------5:56-------5:56
Sunset--7:15-------7:15-------7:14-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C302523232222242833282624242323283028272523252530
Feels °C (?)272017181719212330232018181920242824262523262629
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