Hells Gate surfForecast / WA – North West / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 27 Mar 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
23.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hells Gate today?

The current surf forecast for Hells Gate at 8AM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 27). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (27 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (27 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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


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Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
2.5
S
2.5
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.2
S
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)13131312121212121268881111111313131313121215
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)36336331630121017514113913950586643518179799988171166163158148175112
Wind
(km/h)
40
ENE
35
E
35
E
35
E
35
E
35
ESE
15
E
20
SE
60
ESE
45
S
40
SW
20
NW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
SW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
ononcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:10PM
0.92
6:50PM
0.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:05AM
0.28
2:38AM
0.31
3:02AM
0.35
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise---6:28-------6:28-------6:28----
Sunset------6:24-------6:23-------6:22-
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
22111-131731-----1-------
Temp. °C272525252529262323232021222323232322222222232322
Feels °C (?)222121201923272415181520202223242423242423242423
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