Hells Gate surfForecast / WA – North West / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 28 Feb 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
23.8° 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 4AM is: 1.8m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 2.3m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)10ft (3.0m)16s
Afternoon (01 Mar)10ft (3.0m)16s
Evening (01 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)15s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
S
1.1
SW
2
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
3
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.9
SW
Period(s) (?)788181616161616151515141414141414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5296116128042103508144904490494825532083347731082541211020202033240510299338398278141204
Wind
(km/h)
45
S
50
S
45
SSE
45
SSE
40
SSE
30
SE
30
SSE
40
S
40
S
45
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
25
SSE
30
S
35
S
35
S
40
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
10
S
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:08PM
0.93
9:00PM
0.91
11:06AM
0.55
9:44PM
0.87
11:03AM
0.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:14AM
0.22
4:32AM
0.27
2:40PM
0.53
4:46AM
0.32
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise-----6:11-------6:13-------6:13--
Sunset6:55-------6:54-------6:52-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212019191818222221202019192124242321212121232725
Feels °C (?)151311121113171514131313131619191816161718212622
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