Hells Gate surfForecast / WA – North West / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 19 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
23.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Hells Gate today?

The current surf forecast for Hells Gate at 7AM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)5ft (1.5m)14s
Afternoon (19 Feb)5ft (1.6m)14s
Evening (19 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

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

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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
3
2
0
0
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.9
SW
2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313141414141313131313141313131378814141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6006006098491049104996110271110618618562579121813294313743283463861949257023232345
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
5
E
15
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
S
30
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
25
SSW
30
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
S
40
S
40
S
45
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:43PM
0.84
12:02PM
0.65
11:25PM
0.77
12:20PM
0.70
12:07AM
0.68
12:42PM
0.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:39AM
0.34
4:57PM
0.50
5:52AM
0.39
6:01PM
0.48
5:52AM
0.44
7:09PM
0.46
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise---6:05-------6:05-------6:07----
Sunset------7:04-------7:02-------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)
------------------------
Temp. °C232526282927262322212122252423212121212122222120
Feels °C (?)202322262624242220181920252220181717171718161513
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