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nice looking set, Surfers Point

9:10 am 19 May 2012


Kelso (Happy Wanderers) ratings
Quality on a good day: 3.5
Consistency of surf: 3.5
Difficulty level: 3.5
Wind and kite surfing: 5.0
Crowds: 3.5

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6 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 07 am Monday 04 Jun 2012

Kelso (Happy Wanderers) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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Energy
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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 2.4
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Period (s) (?) 15 15 14 16 15 12 12 8 10 15 14 14 13 9 8 12 11 9
Surfscale
Wave
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Max-energy 2644 1836 668 471 452 110 67 730 710 500 301 331 215 210 228 1069 2180 959
Wind
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15
NNE 25
NE 15
N 5
NNW 5
ENE 10
W 10
WSW 40
SSW 15
WSW 15
NNE 20
NE 10
WSW 5
SSW 10
SE 10
SSE 15
SW 25
SSW 40
SW
Wind State (?) cross-
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Kelso (Happy Wanderers) blow from the WSW
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
High Tide
/ height (m)

3:45PM
1.94
4:01AM
1.99

4:29PM
1.97
4:44AM
1.96

5:12PM
1.94

5:26AM
1.89
5:54PM
1.88

6:08AM
1.78
6:38PM
1.79

6:51AM
1.65
7:23PM
1.68

Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:33AM
0.16

9:52PM
0.22
10:16AM
0.14

10:36PM
0.23
10:57AM
0.16

11:20PM
0.29
11:39AM
0.22

12:03AM
0.37
12:20PM
0.32

12:48AM
0.48
1:02PM
0.44

1:36AM
0.59
 

Note: the tide data above is for Durban, South Africa which is 50 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Kelso (Happy Wanderers). New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.

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Today's Kelso (Happy Wanderers) sea temperature is 23.7 °C (Statistics for 04 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 22.5 max: 23.4 min: 21.5 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Mostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 25°C on Tue afternoon, min 16°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, near gales from the SSW by Wed afternoon). Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Heavy rain (total 27mm), heaviest during Fri night. Warm air temperatures (max 21°C on Fri morning, min 14°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, strong winds from the SW by Sun morning).
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Summary clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear some clouds clear clear some clouds some clouds rain shwrs rain shwrs light rain some clouds rain shwrs
Rain (mm) - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 20 1 - 3
High °C 20 22 20 22 25 24 24 21 17 18 20 20 21 21 19 17 19 17
Low °C 17 21 18 18 24 19 19 18 16 16 20 19 20 20 16 16 18 14
Chill °C (?) 20 22 20 22 25 24 24 20 16 18 20 20 21 21 19 16 19 16
Sunrise 6:46 - - 6:47 - - 6:47 - - 6:48 - - 6:48 - - 6:48 - -
Sunset - 17:02 - - 17:02 - - 17:02 - - 17:02 - - 17:02 - - 17:02 -
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Kelso (Happy Wanderers) is 5 km (3 miles) from Scottburgh. If you plan a holiday in Hibiscus Coast, look for hotels and other accommodation in Scottburgh. Scottburgh has rooms for a wide range of budgets as well as car hire and transport links.