Hells Gate surfForecast / WA – North West / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 03 Jan 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
23.2° C
(Which is 1.1°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 5PM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.6m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Afternoon (03 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (03 Jan)5ft (1.5m)12s

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

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Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.5
SW
1.7
SSW
1.4
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.3
SSW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.4
SSW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313121212121212121211111171112121212111177
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4884241044678830587240240203309224183177171149140167536169199189179212212
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
10
S
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
S
30
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:40PM
1.00
10:24PM
0.96
11:04PM
0.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:18AM
0.08
6:49AM
0.13
7:11AM
0.19
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Sunrise-------5:28-------5:28-------5:28
Sunset--7:22-------7:22-------7:23-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222322212020202123232322202020212323222120202021
Feels °C (?)222220211919202223232320181819202221201816181819
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