Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.79° S 114.57° E

Hells Gate 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 27 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Hells Gate sea temperature is
20.1°C
0.2° 

Hells Gate surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Hells Gate today (27 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 11s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 8s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Hells Gate at 10PM is: 2.0m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 19s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Oct)--
Afternoon (27 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (27 Oct)7ft (2.1m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 25°C on Wed morning, min 18°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the S on Wed afternoon, light winds from the SSE by Thu morning).

Tue
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
SSW
11
2.1
SSW
8
2.3
SSW
8
2
SSW
9
1.6
SSW
9
1.4
SSW
9
1.3
SSW
8
1.3
S
8
1.8
SSW
6
1.9
S
7
1.5
SSW
7
0.7
SW
15
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.8
SW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1008
578
702
589
372
304
239
245
256
366
210
217
301
288
261
253
249
249
181
Wind (km/h)
30
SSE
40
SSE
25
SE
30
SE
40
SE
40
ESE
30
ESE
40
S
45
S
40
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
9:50PM0.89m
10:25PM0.91m
Low Tide
6:14AM0.13m
7:16AM0.13m
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
23
21
20
18
18
20
25
24
23
20
19
19
18
20
20
20
20
19
19
Feels °C
17
13
15
12
9
11
18
17
15
13
16
16
16
19
18
18
17
17
17
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