Hells Gate surfForecast / WA – North West / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 31 Dec 2025 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
22.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Hells Gate today?

The current surf forecast for Hells Gate at 4PM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm December 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Dec)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (31 Dec)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (31 Dec)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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

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Wednesday
31
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.7
SW
0.5
SW
1.7
SSW
1
SW
1.2
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)1212111111771121201918171616161515141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5275415716797451751311122202087694901140410291200114094922151785726726641518437
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
30
S
35
S
30
SSE
20
S
20
S
25
SSE
15
SE
25
SSW
30
SW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
S
15
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:41PM
0.95
7:51PM
0.99
8:50PM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:12AM
0.12
4:57AM
0.07
5:39AM
0.06
Wednesday
31
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunrise-------5:26-------5:26-------5:26
Sunset--7:22-------7:22-------7:22-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C333027242422222626252321212020212222222020202021
Feels °C (?)302321192120192423222018191819212120211818182021
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