Hells Gate surfForecast / WA – North West / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 21 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
23.6° C
(Which is 1.1°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 3AM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (22 Jan)5ft (1.5m)14s
Evening (22 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
3
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.8
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
Period(s) (?)13131313131214141377777771912121716161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)919495488424357256590834102834240041233027321428226008748308412386226921752869
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
30
S
15
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
NE
25
SW
30
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
S
30
SSW
35
S
30
S
30
S
30
SSE
25
SE
20
SSE
20
S
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:10PM
0.84
1:22PM
0.57
11:51PM
0.76
1:39PM
0.63
12:32AM
0.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:43PM
0.52
6:45AM
0.28
4:05PM
0.53
6:59AM
0.34
6:35PM
0.54
7:03AM
0.39
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunrise-----5:43-------5:43-------5:43--
Sunset7:22-------7:22-------7:22-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C332828272931282523212121202122222120191918192121
Feels °C (?)302527262728252319171717151718171615141515161818
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