Rapid Bay Surf Forecast

/ SA – Adelaide (17 breaks) / South Australia (91 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (35.52° S 138.17° E)

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Rapid Bay surfForecast / SA – Adelaide / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Thursday 04 Sep 2025 ACST

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Rapid Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Rapid Bay sea temperature is 13.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Rapid Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Rapid Bay at 8AM is: 0.7m 5s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 02:30am September 04). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	5s
Afternoon (04 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	7s
Evening (04 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s

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

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	Thursday 04								Friday 05								Saturday 06
	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	SW	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE
Period(s) (?)	4	4	5	5	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	5	5	5	4	5
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	23	28	45	33	43	34	23	23	21	10	10	5	5	5	5	1	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)	W	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	S	SE	SE	ESE	E	E	ENE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	NNE	NE	NE	NNE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						2:44PM 1.30					5:12AM 1.00			3:27PM 1.44					4:50AM 1.08				4:01PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	10:56PM 0.48								10:34PM 0.35			9:17AM 0.83					10:36PM 0.24				9:48AM 0.62

	Thursday 04								Friday 05								Saturday 06
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	11	12	13	13	11	10	9	8	7	9	13	15	16	15	15	15	17	18	21	23	24	23
Feels °C (?)	9	8	8	9	9	8	6	6	4	2	0	2	8	12	10	8	8	9	12	13	16	19	19	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for SA - Adelaide

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Rapid Bay (calm at Mount Terrible Radar 37 km from Rapid Bay). 0.7m 5s windswell from the W with a 0.6m 12s groundswell from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 25 minutes ago Rapid Bay

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37 km away, 1 h 25 min ago

2 km/h

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0.0

13.5

Air / Water (°C)

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