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Winter swell - Bird Rock

10:14 am 5 Jun 2011

Sandon Point 2011

3:09 pm 20 Jul 2011

Waitpinga ratings
Quality on a good day: 1.0
Consistency of surf: 3.0
Difficulty level: 4.0
Crowds: 4.0

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Waitpinga Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(South Australia – Adelaide)

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Name: Waitpinga
Type: beach and reef
Reliability: fairly consistent
Best Swell: SSW Offshore Wind: NNE

Waitpinga in Adelaide is an exposed beach and reef break that has fairly consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. Offshore winds are from the north northeast. Clean groundswells prevail and the best swell direction is from the south southwest. Waves at the beach are both lefts and rights as well as left and right hand reef breaks.. Relatively few surfers here, even on good days. Beware of rocks, rips and sharks.

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Overall Waitpinga Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Waitpinga:

  (click location name for more details)
Closest break Parsons Beach 2 mi
Second closest break Victor Harbour 6 mi
Third closest break The Dump 12 mi
Fourth closest break Boomer Beach 14 mi
Fifth closest break Middleton Point 14 mi

Wave buoys nearest to Waitpinga:

Closest wave buoy W Hawaii Buoy 5524 mi
Second closest wave buoy SW Hawaii Buoy 5571 mi
Third closest wave buoy NW Hawaii Buoy 5661 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy NW Hawaii Buoy 5715 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy N Hawaii 1 Buoy 6069 mi

Tide stations nearest to Waitpinga:

Closest tide station Victor Harbor, Australia 9 mi
Second closest tide station Second Valley, Australia 19 mi
Third closest tide station Cape Jervis, Australia 23 mi
Fourth closest tide station Hog Bay, Australia 32 mi
Fifth closest tide station Port Noarlunga, Australia 33 mi

snow forecast website

Ski Resorts closest to Waitpinga:

Closest ski area Mt Donna Buang (Australia) 422 mi
Second closest ski area Lake Mountain (Australia) 429 mi
Third closest ski area Mount Buller (Australia) 453 mi
Fourth closest ski area Mount Baw Baw (Australia) 456 mi
Fifth closest ski area Mt Stirling (Australia) 456 mi

city weather forecast website

Town and city forecasts close to Waitpinga:

Closest city location Encounter Bay (Australia) 6 mi
Second closest city location Victor Harbour (Australia) 8 mi
Third closest city location Port Elliot (Australia) 12 mi
Fourth closest city location Normanville (Australia) 17 mi
Fifth closest city location Goolwa (Australia) 18 mi
  • The nearest passenger airport to Waitpinga is Adelaide International Airport (ADL) in Australia, which is 77 km (48 miles) away (directly).
  • The second closest airport to Waitpinga is Woomera Airport (UMR), also in Australia, 524 km (325 miles) away.
Waitpinga break location map and break info
This is the Surf-Forecast page for Waitpinga, South Australia - Adelaide. Use the tab navigation above to view Waitpinga sea temperature, Waitpinga photographs, Waitpinga detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Waitpinga webcams, current wind from South Australia - Adelaide live weather stations and Waitpinga tide predictions. The Australia swell maps link will open up the big picture showing Australia and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from Australia wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Waitpinga.