Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.79° S 114.57° E

Hells Gate 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 29 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Hells Gate sea temperature is
19.9°C
0.2° 

Hells Gate surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Hells Gate today (30 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 14s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Hells Gate at 12AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Afternoon (30 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (30 Oct)3ft (0.9m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 20°C on Sat afternoon, min 18°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Thu night, fresh winds from the NW by Sat morning).

Thu
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.8
SW
12
0.8
SW
12
0.8
SW
13
1
SW
14
1
SW
14
1
SW
14
1
SW
14
1
SW
14
0.9
WSW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.9
SW
12
1
SW
12
1
WSW
12
1.5
WSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
286
286
181
178
196
407
412
407
395
363
309
253
249
245
241
223
292
309
633
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
30
NW
25
W
25
W
20
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
11:06PM0.90m
11:57PM0.87m
Low Tide
9:30AM0.14m
11:00AM0.15m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
20
19
19
18
18
18
19
19
19
19
18
18
18
19
19
20
19
19
19
Feels °C
18
17
18
18
18
17
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17
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