Daly Heads surf break

Daly Heads surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 ACST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
18.9° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Daly Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Daly Heads at 2AM is: 1.1m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)16s
Afternoon (22 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (22 Apr)5ft (1.6m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
0
4
1
0
0
3
3
3
4
4
3
1
2
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)141717161616151414141313131313131312121212121413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)363974737644886539479407529965880101111621083991821649486416319282252308295
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
15
NW
10
SSE
20
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
S
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
25
N
25
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:32PM
0.93
6:10PM
0.88
6:54PM
0.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:33AM
-0.09
9:55AM
-0.07
10:14AM
-0.02
Tue
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise-----6:50-------6:50-------6:52--
Sunset-------5:50-------5:49-------5:47
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272726222017171717151515161820222527252423212223
Feels °C (?)222221192015141415121213151618202122201817151617
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