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D'Estrees Bay surfForecast / SA – Kangaroo Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 12 Jan 2026 ACDT
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D'Estrees Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's D'Estrees Bay sea temperature is
19.5° C
 (Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at D'Estrees Bay today?

The current surf forecast for D'Estrees Bay at 9AM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:30am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (12 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (12 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

Table - waves today at D'Estrees Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSE
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
2.3
S
2.4
S
Period(s) (?)81010101010101010101017161615141414141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26222219218818819219220420824524552280310251546148414431423128512851267117918381968
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:30AM
0.79
7:10PM
0.71
2:25AM
0.75
11:57PM
0.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:55AM
0.27
9:45PM
0.69
11:20AM
0.30
11:56AM
0.35
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise--6:15-------6:16-------6:16-----
Sunset------8:38-------8:38-------8:37-
clear
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clear
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131414151616151415151516161616151515151516161616
Feels °C (?)91011121312111011111112131212111111111212111110
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