Carpenters Rocks surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Saturday 17 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
15.8° C
(Which is 1.2°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 8PM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.9m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)--
Afternoon (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Evening (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
1
3
3
4
0
0
0
1
3
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
2.2
SE
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)12121314149151514141414141413131313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)504567642630639711685685658630630565616526444437374320315310295252291286
Wind
(km/h)
35
SE
45
SE
40
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
20
ENE
10
ENE
25
SE
35
SE
35
SE
25
ESE
25
E
25
SW
20
E
15
SSE
25
SE
35
ESE
30
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
SSE
25
SE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:39AM
0.65
12:33PM
0.22
2:03AM
0.67
1:06PM
0.25
2:27AM
0.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:20PM
0.10
9:36AM
0.20
6:08PM
0.07
9:30AM
0.20
6:48PM
0.04
9:33AM
0.19
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise------6:05-------6:05-------6:07-
Sunset--8:30-------8:30-------8:30-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------2-11----
Temp. °C201921201817172524222221212020221821202019181818
Feels °C (?)141215151413142320161716171616201416161717151514
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