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Hellesto surfForecast / South and West / Norway
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 14 Dec 2025 CETForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Hellesto surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hellesto sea temperature is
10.1° C
(Which is 2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Hellesto today?
The current surf forecast for Hellesto at 2AM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.
| Time (CET) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (15 Dec) | 11ft (3.5m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (15 Dec) | 8ft (2.5m) | 10s |
| Evening (15 Dec) | 6ft (1.9m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Hellesto. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 1292 | 1088 | 1134 | 1445 | 2308 | 2706 | 2894 | 1616 | 1085 | 690 | 505 | 513 | 600 | 663 | 770 | 881 | 823 | 691 | 703 | 573 | 573 | 482 | 476 | 456 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- on | glass | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | glass | on | on | cross | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 5:20PM 0.23 | 6:38AM 0.22 | 6:37PM 0.23 | 7:45AM 0.23 | 7:46PM 0.23 | 8:35AM 0.25 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:49AM 0.10 | 1:17PM 0.12 | 1:42AM 0.09 | 2:18PM 0.11 | 2:29AM 0.09 | |||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 14 | Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9:23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9:25 | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3:41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3:41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3:41 |
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Rain (mm) | - | 4 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Feels °C (?) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
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