Daly Heads Surf Forecast

/ SA – Yorke Peninsula (14 breaks) / South Australia (91 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks)

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Daly Heads surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 ACST

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Daly Heads surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Daly Heads sea temperature is 14.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Daly Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Daly Heads at 8PM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.5m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (18 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	12s
Evening (18 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	12s

Table - waves today at Daly Heads. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Thursday 18				Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	11	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	288	349	816	595	527	464	393	393	1208	1499	1626	1955	3150	3247	2587	2462	2205	2094	1962	1858	1814	1841	1640	1547
Wind (km/h)	N	N	SW	WSW	WSW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										2:12PM 0.80				3:03AM 0.34				2:35PM 0.77				2:59AM 0.44
Low Tide / height (m)					10:30PM 0.14								10:01PM 0.18			7:16AM 0.24					9:40PM 0.20			8:11AM 0.22

	Thursday 18				Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	20	16	14	14	14	13	14	15	15	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14
Feels °C (?)	12	16	14	13	13	12	9	8	7	7	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	8	8	9	9

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for SA - Yorke Peninsula

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Daly Heads (calm at Stenhouse Bay 28 km from Daly Heads). 1.2m 12s groundswell from the WSW with a 0.8m 12s groundswell from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 8 minutes ago Daly Heads

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28 km away, 1 h 8 min ago

4 km/h

WNW

0.0

14.4

Air / Water (°C)

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