Hells Gate surfForecast / WA – North West / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 31 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
23.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Hells Gate today?

The current surf forecast for Hells Gate at 4AM is: 2.0m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (31 Jan)6ft (1.9m)9s
Evening (31 Jan)7ft (2.1m)9s

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

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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
2
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
1
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)8999999999910101012121212121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)588631548486497601616631631573480480400302491614169139137137132123237116
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSW
30
S
35
S
35
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
25
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
15
E
25
S
30
SSE
20
ESE
25
E
35
ENE
40
NE
25
NE
5
W
25
SSW
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:57PM
0.98
9:45PM
0.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:50AM
0.10
5:18AM
0.13
5:40AM
0.17
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise---5:50-------5:50-------5:52----
Sunset------7:17-------7:17-------7:16-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222222242726242425313231374034313433313137393626
Feels °C (?)191921232523202124292624313729263028232331373124
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