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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 08 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
18.1° C
 (Which is 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 6AM is: 2.3m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:30am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)7ft (2.2m)15s
Afternoon (08 Jan)7ft (2.1m)14s
Evening (08 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)14s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
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)
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
2
SW
2.2
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4.5
SW
3.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)15151515151414141414131313131312812121313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25132299223820421927174817241538142212041151113411171305154517898623070448952365236566167414152
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
20
S
30
S
30
ESE
25
SE
25
S
25
SSE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
S
10
SSW
15
SW
20
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:00AM
1.10
2:48PM
0.76
3:16AM
1.03
3:30PM
0.77
3:29AM
0.95
4:17PM
0.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:25AM
0.31
8:39PM
0.20
9:45AM
0.27
9:09PM
0.32
10:07AM
0.25
9:37PM
0.44
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise--6:11-------6:11-------6:13-----
Sunset------8:38-------8:38-------8:38-
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clear
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clear
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clear
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clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191717181919171717171721222220161616161616171616
Feels °C (?)1915131316161314141616191816161198999101011
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