Hells Gate surfForecast / WA – North West / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 14 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 7AM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (14 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Evening (14 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)14s

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


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Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
4
3
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
2
SW
2.2
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)141313131314151414141414141414141413141616141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)363313257249249401543621681828101911631179135514381378733577586823188020041063975
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
25
SSE
15
SE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
SSE
20
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
30
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
20
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:21AM
0.75
8:22PM
0.83
9:22AM
0.81
9:26PM
0.81
9:32AM
0.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:35AM
0.49
2:19PM
0.65
2:53AM
0.53
3:10PM
0.57
3:06AM
0.57
3:59PM
0.49
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise---6:37-------6:39-------6:39----
Sunset------6:05-------6:04-------6:02-
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242525262930302727252424242322212121212122222120
Feels °C (?)212122242728272626242424232119191919192020211818
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