Hells Gate surfForecast / WA – North West / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 13 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 10PM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Afternoon (13 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (13 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

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


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Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
2
0
1
2
2
2
3
3
2
1
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.8
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)151414141413131313141514141414141414141414131416
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4894764013793633132572492494015436216818281019116311799789517547335771133823
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
25
S
30
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
20
NE
25
ENE
20
E
10
ENE
10
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
25
S
30
S
30
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:43AM
0.73
5:55PM
0.85
9:21AM
0.75
8:22PM
0.83
9:22AM
0.81
9:26PM
0.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:03AM
0.72
2:35AM
0.49
2:19PM
0.65
2:53AM
0.53
3:10PM
0.57
3:06AM
0.57
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise-------6:37-------6:39-------6:39
Sunset--6:06-------6:05-------6:04-----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262623232223252628293028262524222323222121202021
Feels °C (?)242219202021232524252727252324212121201818171820
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