Carpenters Rocks surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Sunday 18 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
15.7° C
(Which is 1.4°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 7PM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.6m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)--
Afternoon (18 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Evening (18 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
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
3
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.6
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.7
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141414131313131313121212122322212019181717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6586306305655675264443863743203153052952912912864361024156521472980334852484363
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
30
SE
30
ESE
30
ESE
20
ENE
30
SSE
30
E
20
SE
25
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
20
E
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
30
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:03AM
0.67
1:06PM
0.25
2:27AM
0.68
1:38PM
0.29
2:48AM
0.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:08PM
0.07
9:30AM
0.20
6:48PM
0.04
9:33AM
0.19
7:23PM
0.03
9:41AM
0.19
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise------6:05-------6:07-------6:07-
Sunset--8:30-------8:30-------8:30-----
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------1--------------
Temp. °C252323222318192222222118191717202018171616151517
Feels °C (?)211818171913141919181614161414171613121112111113
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