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Hells Gate surfForecast / WA – North West / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 09 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
23.5° C
 (Which is 1.3°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 11AM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)6ft (1.9m)8s
Afternoon (09 Jan)7ft (2.1m)11s
Evening (09 Jan)8ft (2.5m)8s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
S
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
S
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)88111188910111010101099999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5594858229726549761073894855625622598942918866398326232203203203154212245
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSE
30
SE
30
S
40
S
40
S
40
S
40
SSE
30
SSE
30
ESE
35
ESE
20
SE
25
SSE
45
S
40
SSE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
E
35
E
20
ENE
20
W
20
NW
20
N
20
NW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:35PM
0.62
9:39PM
0.58
3:02PM
0.68
3:37PM
0.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:21AM
0.34
8:12PM
0.57
6:57AM
0.34
5:45AM
0.31
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
Sunrise-5:31-------5:33-------5:33------
Sunset----7:23-------7:23-------7:23---
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192023232121212223233031282830292829363228282523
Feels °C (?)131518171415151716162627222222212022322927272424
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