Waitpinga surf break

Waitpinga surfForecast / SA – Adelaide / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Monday 20 Oct 2025 ACDT
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Waitpinga surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Waitpinga sea temperature is
16.2° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Waitpinga today?

The current surf forecast for Waitpinga at 6PM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)--
Afternoon (20 Oct)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (20 Oct)5ft (1.6m)12s

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

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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
3
2
2
4
4
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121212111213131312121212111212121111101011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5697037627378727848281001119213191139947807669559318158254928398827262091156113481338
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
15
ESE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
20
NNE
20
NE
30
N
30
NNW
40
NW
45
WNW
40
W
45
WSW
40
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:40AM
0.50
2:35PM
0.30
2:58AM
0.56
3:00PM
0.26
3:19AM
0.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:55PM
0.09
9:21AM
0.11
8:01PM
0.08
9:58AM
0.09
8:09PM
0.07
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise------6:26-------6:24-------6:22-
Sunset--7:34-------7:35-------7:36-----
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1------161211--11-------
Temp. °C131513131313131517202020191614121314131212131314
Feels °C (?)1212109109812161817161486346689101011
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for SA - Adelaide

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Waitpinga (light winds from the SSE at 2nd Valley Forest 20 km from Waitpinga). A 1.6m groundswell from the SSW

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20 km away, 1 h 7 min ago

15 km/h
SSE
0.0
16.2
Air / Water (°C)
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