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Carpenters Rocks surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am 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
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 8AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.4m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:30am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

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

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
3
3
4
0
0
1
1
3
3
2
2
1
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
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
1.7
ESE
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)1313131212121314149151514141414141491313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)679604576504504567642630639711685685658630630565567526444386388382315305
Wind
(km/h)
35
SE
35
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
40
SE
45
SE
40
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
20
E
15
ENE
30
SE
35
SE
35
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
15
ESE
20
E
20
NNW
15
S
25
ESE
25
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
off		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:15AM
0.61
11:45AM
0.19
1:39AM
0.65
12:33PM
0.22
2:03AM
0.67
1:06PM
0.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:10AM
0.19
5:20PM
0.10
9:36AM
0.20
6:08PM
0.07
9:30AM
0.20
6:48PM
0.04
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise--6:03-------6:05-------6:05-----
Sunset------8:30-------8:30-------8:30-
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151517191919211918171825242323222119212321222219
Feels °C (?)9912141311151414131523191717171717182019181816
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