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Hells Gate surfForecast / WA – North West / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 12 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
25.1° C
 (Which is 2.0°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 10AM is: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 12). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)5ft (1.5m)13s
Afternoon (12 Feb)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (12 Feb)7ft (2.1m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.8
SSW
2.1
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.4
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
S
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1.4
SW
2
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)1413131313121212121212121111116621202018181817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)41610189467847607399481231236236228220209205452181181214309306124125472928671
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
SSE
35
S
35
S
25
SSE
25
SE
20
ESE
25
E
15
ESE
20
S
35
S
35
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
30
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:56PM
0.87
5:54PM
0.88
7:07PM
0.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:17AM
0.25
3:52AM
0.24
3:57AM
0.22
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise---6:00-------6:01-------6:01----
Sunset------7:09-------7:09-------7:08-
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262523222426242325242324282826242424252725232221
Feels °C (?)232219172022191923202020252622192022242722181716
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