Hells Gate 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.79° S 114.57° E

Issued: 1 am 05 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Hells Gate sea temperature is

20.3°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Hells Gate today (05 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 16s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 15s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Hells Gate at 9AM is: 2.2m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Oct)	7ft (2.2m)	16s
Afternoon (05 Oct)	6.5ft (2.0m)	15s
Evening (05 Oct)	6.5ft (2.0m)	15s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Tue morning, min 14°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Mon afternoon, light winds from the S by Tue morning).
	Monday 5								Tuesday 6								Wednesday 7
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	3	3	2	0	0	1	1	2	3	4	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 16	SW 17	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16
Wave Graph
kJ	2185	2157	2295	2120	1808	1738	1715	1857	1968	2066	2341	2814	3865	3791	3868	3880	4169	3772	3579	3212	2829	2668	2384	2087
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SE	SE	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	E	S	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide		3:37AM0.74m									5:23AM0.69m					9:29PM0.51m			7:57AM0.67m					9:11PM0.54m
Low Tide					1:56PM0.19m									2:25PM0.24m			1:36AM0.48m					2:46PM0.29m


	—	5:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:24	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	13	14	18	19	18	17	17	16	16	21	25	20	20	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Feels °C	11	9	10	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	17	23	16	17	17	15	16	15	15	15	14	14	16	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	—	SW 17	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16
kJ	2185	2157	2295	2120	1808	1738	1715	1857	1968	2066	2341	2814	—	3791	3868	3880	4169	3772	3579	3212	2829	2668	2384	2087
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	—	—	SW 16	SSW 6	SSW 6	—	—	SSW 7	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	45	32	22	34	61	97	89	77	53	—	—	3865	67	131	—	—	147	—	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4
Distance (km)	2	2	2	2161	529	529	360	357	2	2	0	2	512	512	9	512	512	512	512	779	997	997	771	752
Best forecast wave conditions in North West WA	Explosives (Geraldton Lighthouse)	Jakes	Jakes						Explosives (Geraldton Lighthouse)	Jakes	Port Denison	Dongara-Port Denison			Sunset Beach Geraldron					Dunes
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4						4	4	5	5			5					3
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	4	4	4	5	7	8	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	9	5	5	5	5	4	7	6
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	8	9	9	9	4	8	4	4	9	9	9	9	6	6	9	9	8

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