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Carpenters Rocks surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Friday 16 Jan 2026 ACDT
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Carpenters Rocks surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Carpenters Rocks sea temperature is
16.0° C
 (Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Carpenters Rocks today?

The current surf forecast for Carpenters Rocks at 9PM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.8m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)--
Afternoon (16 Jan)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (16 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
2
4
0
0
0
1
3
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SW
2.3
SE
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
2.2
ESE
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)1212131313131312121281414141515141414148141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)480400604604679604529504504567642630639658685685658630630639715526503437
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSE
40
SE
40
SE
35
SE
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
35
SE
40
SE
45
ESE
35
ESE
30
E
25
E
20
E
15
E
25
SE
35
SE
35
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
10
SSW
25
SE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:15AM
0.61
11:45AM
0.19
1:39AM
0.65
12:33PM
0.22
2:03AM
0.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:10AM
0.19
5:20PM
0.10
9:36AM
0.20
6:08PM
0.07
9:30AM
0.20
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise------6:03-------6:05-------6:05-
Sunset--8:31-------8:30-------8:30-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171716161514161919191919171515232321212220191920
Feels °C (?)111091099111413121213121011211815161716171518
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