Hells Gate surfForecast / WA – North West / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 19 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
23.7° C
(Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Hells Gate today?

The current surf forecast for Hells Gate at 1PM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 17s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am December 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Dec)5ft (1.5m)9s
Afternoon (19 Dec)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (19 Dec)6.5ft (2.0m)7s

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

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Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Mon
22
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.8
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
S
2
S
Period(s) (?)9999978889988889910101314788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)46433134638137834558468674579080980078480467158956143439411511858620573513
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
S
40
S
40
S
40
SSE
45
SSE
40
SSE
40
S
40
S
45
S
45
S
40
SSE
30
SSE
25
ESE
30
ESE
25
SSE
40
S
40
S
40
S
40
SSE
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:42PM
0.94
9:11PM
0.94
9:40PM
0.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:05AM
0.15
5:35AM
0.13
6:06AM
0.12
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Mon
22
Sunrise-5:18-------5:18-------5:18------
Sunset----7:16-------7:17-------7:17---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212526242321202019192121202020201922262422202120
Feels °C (?)202324211916141512121415121314151314201716141514
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