Hells Gate Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.79° S 114.57° E

Hells Gate 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 15 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Hells Gate sea temperature is
19.3° C
0.8° 

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 (15 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Hells Gate at 4AM is: 2.0m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 15). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Aug)6ft (1.9m)15s
Afternoon (15 Aug)6ft (1.8m)14s
Evening (15 Aug)5ft (1.6m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Sun afternoon, min 15°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the E on Sun afternoon, strong winds from the SW by Mon afternoon).

Saturday
15
Sunday
16
Monday
17
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)
4
4
4
4
2
1
2
3
3
2
2
1
4
4
4
4
4
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
SW
15
2
SW
15
1.9
SW
15
1.8
SW
14
1.8
SW
14
1.7
SW
14
1.6
SW
14
1.5
SW
14
1.5
SW
13
1.4
SW
13
1.3
SW
13
1
SW
16
1.6
SW
16
1.7
SW
16
1.9
SW
15
1.9
SW
15
1.9
SW
15
1.9
SW
15
1.7
SW
16
1.9
WSW
16
1.7
WSW
16
2.3
WSW
19
2.1
SW
18
2.5
SW
18
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1985
1661
1526
1290
1273
1163
1048
813
778
701
560
521
1350
1449
1588
1641
1506
1730
1412
1699
1322
3730
2845
4444
Wind (km/h)
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
15
ESE
10
ENE
25
NE
35
NE
30
NE
15
NNE
5
E
15
E
15
NNE
15
N
10
W
20
W
35
W
30
WNW
40
SW
30
SW
20
SSW
Wind State
off
off
off
off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
11:55PM0.58m
11:38AM0.74m
00:14AM0.63m
12:09PM0.64m
00:37AM0.68m
12:33PM0.55m
Low Tide
4:58AM0.45m
6:02PM0.41m
5:53AM0.45m
6:00PM0.43m
6:50AM0.46m
5:23PM0.42m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
light rain
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:54
6:52
6:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:58
5:58
5:59
 mm
1
2
Temp °C
17
16
15
18
20
19
19
17
17
16
16
21
24
24
22
18
17
18
18
19
19
18
16
16
Feels °C
13
11
10
15
16
15
15
14
14
10
9
14
20
21
17
14
14
17
15
13
14
11
10
11
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