Hells Gate surfForecast / WA – North West / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 20 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
23.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Hells Gate today?

The current surf forecast for Hells Gate at 2PM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Afternoon (20 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (20 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.8
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.3
SW
2.2
SSW
1.2
SW
1.9
SW
2.5
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2
SW
2
SW
Period(s) (?)13131413131313781214141413813818171616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)618569579570111043137434036814502109257024912275556559614871204435594355424417061661
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
30
SSW
30
S
30
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
40
S
40
S
45
S
45
S
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
30
SE
25
SSE
35
S
35
S
40
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:20PM
0.70
12:07AM
0.68
12:42PM
0.77
12:48AM
0.57
1:12PM
0.83
9:54PM
0.46
1:31AM
0.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:52AM
0.39
6:01PM
0.48
5:52AM
0.44
7:09PM
0.46
5:02AM
0.45
8:40PM
0.46
11:40PM
0.45
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise-6:05-------6:07-------6:07------
Sunset----7:02-------7:01-------7:01---
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)
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Temp. °C212224242321212121212122212020191920252523222223
Feels °C (?)192123222118181817161517141314121315212018171820
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