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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Saturday 17 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
17.5° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

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

The current surf forecast for D'Estrees Bay at 10PM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.3m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)--
Afternoon (17 Jan)4ft (1.2m)14s
Evening (17 Jan)4ft (1.2m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SSW
2
SSE
2.3
SE
2
SE
1.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)13141414141515151514141414141313131313138887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3735775775855946197266196105855855854874604403623578929541086502686502334
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
0
SSW
5
ESE
15
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
5
S
10
SE
20
SSE
5
E
10
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
35
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:12AM
1.20
12:52PM
0.56
1:37AM
1.25
1:16PM
0.62
2:01AM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:46PM
0.20
8:17AM
0.31
6:22PM
0.13
8:29AM
0.29
6:54PM
0.08
8:44AM
0.27
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise------6:20-------6:22-------6:22-
Sunset--8:37-------8:37-------8:37-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181918161616182528302619191919212220181718181819
Feels °C (?)161716161617192326262618171919191916141413141516
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