Kelps surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Thursday 04 Sep 2025 ACST
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Kelps surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Kelps sea temperature is
14.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Kelps today?

The current surf forecast for Kelps at 8AM is: 4.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 4.0m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30am September 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)15ft (4.5m)14s
Afternoon (04 Sep)11ft (3.5m)14s
Evening (04 Sep)11ft (3.5m)15s

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

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Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
5
6
5
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141414141515161615151414141413131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)542957295650139285605542954275550562457145069458537622967259621561805138013881478657606493436
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
20
S
15
S
15
ESE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
30
NE
35
NE
35
NNE
35
NE
40
NE
35
NE
45
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:32AM
0.80
12:36AM
0.29
11:52AM
0.86
12:07AM
0.35
12:14PM
0.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:51PM
0.19
3:51AM
0.26
7:29PM
0.20
4:50AM
0.19
7:20PM
0.21
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunrise---6:28-------6:26-------6:24----
Sunset-----5:50-------5:51-------5:52--
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1111--------------------
Temp. °C1212121111111111109871012121211981014171819
Feels °C (?)544334565421366541-11691110
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for SA - East Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Kelps (light winds from the WSW at Robe Airfield 39 km from Kelps). A 4.3m groundswell from the SW is too big for here

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15 km/h
WSW
0.0
14.0
Air / Water (°C)
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