Hells Gate surfForecast / WA – North West / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 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
18.7° 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 3AM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (17 Sep)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (17 Sep)6ft (1.8m)11s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
1
1
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
2.1
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
Period(s) (?)131212121211111111111112121215151515151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12669447616146145155447567297738029239709131907252523292821270825622482258423292298
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
W
15
W
20
W
20
W
20
SW
20
S
20
S
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
30
S
25
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
SE
30
S
30
S
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:45AM
0.75
7:35AM
0.74
12:55AM
0.49
8:30AM
0.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:57PM
0.18
3:19PM
0.22
1:26AM
0.48
3:35PM
0.27
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise---6:18-------6:16-------6:15----
Sunset------6:14-------6:15-------6:15-
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------1----------------
Temp. °C161616161717181818181717171717161514121316181717
Feels °C (?)1414131314131516151412131313121111108911131212
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for WA - North West

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Hells Gate (light winds from the NNE at Geraldton Airport 13 km from Hells Gate). A 1.8m groundswell from the SW

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Actual: 51 min ago

13 km/h
NNE
Cross-Off
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