Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.79° S 114.57° E

Hells Gate 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 24 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Hells Gate sea temperature is
20.5°C
0.8° 

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 (25 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 19s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 19s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Hells Gate at 3AM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 23s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Sep)5ft (1.6m)15s
Afternoon (25 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)19s
Evening (25 Sep)10ft (3.0m)19s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun morning, min 14°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Thu night, calm by Sat night).

Thu
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
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)
0
0
0
2
3
2
0
0
2
0
5
5
5
4
2
0
1
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.4
SW
14
1.6
SW
14
1.7
SW
16
1.7
SW
19
2.5
SW
19
3
SW
19
3
SW
18
3
SW
18
3
SW
17
3
SW
17
2.5
SW
17
2.5
SW
16
2.3
SW
16
2.3
SW
16
2.1
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
726
726
726
726
810
951
1420
2184
4877
5558
5616
5555
5366
4766
3701
3193
2736
2484
2129
Wind (km/h)
30
S
30
S
30
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
S
10
S
25
ESE
20
SE
20
ESE
15
S
25
SSW
20
S
15
SSW
10
SW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
9:49PM0.57m
9:11AM0.68m
9:56PM0.61m
9:59AM0.66m
10:07PM0.66m
Low Tide
3:18PM0.29m
2:50AM0.43m
3:37PM0.33m
3:34AM0.37m
3:52PM0.37m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
18
18
17
15
15
15
17
18
18
18
18
16
14
14
18
18
18
17
17
Feels °C
13
13
12
11
11
11
12
14
15
15
17
12
10
10
15
14
16
15
16
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