Daly Heads surf break

Daly Heads surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 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
19.1° C
(Which is 1.3°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: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 19s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 08:30am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (21 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (21 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)17s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
4
4
4
4
4
2
3
3
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
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
1.8
SW
2
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131417171616161514141414141414131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)552437444451363974737644803620479407453104812531450142912331116919680511423319
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
25
N
15
WNW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
E
15
E
15
NE
15
N
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossoncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:32PM
0.93
6:10PM
0.88
6:54PM
0.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:13AM
-0.07
9:33AM
-0.09
9:55AM
-0.07
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise-6:50-------6:50-------6:50------
Sunset---5:51-------5:50-------5:49----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192023252727262218171717171514151617202326272626
Feels °C (?)171618202122202016151313151211131515182122232221
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