Hells Gate surfForecast / WA – North West / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 12 Apr 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
22.6° C
(Which is 1.1°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: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)2ft (0.6m)18s
Afternoon (12 Apr)3ft (0.9m)17s
Evening (12 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)16s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
Period(s) (?)181716161616151515141414141313131314151414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)31943952760250857352350948947640137936331325724924940154362168189810991163
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
15
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSE
25
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
15
S
25
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SE
15
S
20
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:35PM
0.88
9:43AM
0.73
5:55PM
0.85
9:21AM
0.75
8:22PM
0.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:15AM
0.45
11:03AM
0.72
2:35AM
0.49
2:19PM
0.65
2:53AM
0.53
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise-------6:37-------6:37-------6:39
Sunset--6:07-------6:06-------6:05-----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262725242423232426252322222222232628282423232322
Feels °C (?)262522222221222425222020212022222527262323222321
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