Daly Heads surf break

Daly Heads surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 27 Mar 2026 ACDT
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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
20.5° C
(Which is 2.0°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 3AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30pm March 27). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (28 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (28 Mar)4ft (1.2m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)131312121212121212121212121314131313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)520572537416409361361367380437437437437451526511386386386286184187184148
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
20
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
20
N
10
NNE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:40AM
0.73
2:28AM
0.75
2:59AM
0.74
4:27PM
0.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:47AM
0.05
11:26AM
0.13
10:53AM
0.18
Fri
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise-----7:31-------7:31-------7:31--
Sunset7:23-------7:22-------7:22-------
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161414141416181818171616151719202122222222222324
Feels °C (?)111011111114171616151414131517191919191919181921
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