Daly Heads surf break

Daly Heads surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Sunday 15 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
20.3° C
(Which is 1.6°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 2PM is: 1.8m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30am March 15). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Mar)5ft (1.5m)16s
Afternoon (15 Mar)6ft (1.8m)16s
Evening (15 Mar)5ft (1.6m)16s

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


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Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wed
18
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)161616161616151514141414131313131313131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)94312711692149214671179891844736742648526503495431424431424325369305295291286
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
20
SE
20
S
15
SSE
10
ESE
5
WNW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
15
SE
20
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:11AM
0.81
4:17PM
0.31
3:37AM
0.81
4:09PM
0.40
3:59AM
0.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:32AM
0.13
11:11AM
0.16
8:04PM
0.24
10:56AM
0.18
9:03PM
0.21
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wed
18
Sunrise-7:20-------7:20-------7:22------
Sunset----7:40-------7:39-------7:37---
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------45--------------
Temp. °C192226272119191816161717171717171618212220181717
Feels °C (?)161923231715161614161716161717161517201917151414
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