Cape Kersaint surfForecast / SA – Kangaroo Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Friday 03 Oct 2025 ACST
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Cape Kersaint surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cape Kersaint sea temperature is
14.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Cape Kersaint today?

The current surf forecast for Cape Kersaint at 3PM is: 3.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30am October 03). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Oct)11ft (3.5m)17s
Afternoon (03 Oct)11ft (3.5m)16s
Evening (03 Oct)11ft (3.5m)16s

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

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Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
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4
4
3
4
4
3
2
3
1
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
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
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
2.5
WSW
3
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)171716161616161616161616151515151414141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)867573166180579359736315667364455823528443273650286925592208214019561712197214431220274728473020
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
15
WSW
15
SW
10
S
10
E
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
30
NNW
25
N
20
N
25
N
20
NNW
10
WNW
15
NNW
20
NW
35
W
25
WNW
30
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:35AM
0.92
11:40PM
0.65
11:04AM
0.96
11:33PM
0.75
11:31AM
0.96
11:44PM
0.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:35AM
0.56
5:55PM
0.32
4:31AM
0.45
5:49PM
0.32
5:09AM
0.35
5:51PM
0.31
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
Sunrise5:56-------5:54-------5:52-------
Sunset----6:24-------6:25-------6:27---
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------------121--
Temp. °C141516161313141516212527242423192124211615131312
Feels °C (?)101213141111111010151821191818171720151310765
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for SA - Kangaroo Island

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Cape Kersaint (light winds from the SSW at ParndanaCfsAws 29 km from Cape Kersaint). 3.3m 16s long period groundswell from the SW with a 1.5m 16s long period groundswell, also from the SW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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29 km away, 1 h 37 min ago

7 km/h
SSW
0.0
14.9
Air / Water (°C)
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