Carpenters Rocks surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Monday 05 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
16.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Carpenters Rocks today?

The current surf forecast for Carpenters Rocks at 6PM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm January 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Jan)--
Afternoon (05 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (05 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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

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Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
3
3
3
2
0
1
1
2
4
3
4
3
2
2
1
4
3
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
2
SW
1.6
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
Period(s) (?)121211111111111111111111121212121212121615151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)486478437524515568524515505568629713102596010139979971088108813143013302229423068
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ENE
15
NNE
10
N
10
W
15
W
15
W
15
SSE
10
E
15
SW
20
S
25
SSE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:52AM
0.67
1:08PM
0.30
3:12AM
0.63
2:05PM
0.34
3:28AM
0.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:51PM
-0.01
10:02AM
0.26
7:35PM
0.01
9:54AM
0.24
8:15PM
0.05
10:01AM
0.21
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Sunrise------5:52-------5:54-------5:54-
Sunset--8:34-------8:34-------8:34-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161716151515151919192019202123282625232222171617
Feels °C (?)121313131313131715161615171820262323201919141213
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