Daly Heads surf break

Daly Heads surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 31 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
19.9° C
(Which is 1.7°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 4AM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30pm March 31). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (01 Apr)5ft (1.5m)14s
Evening (01 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

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


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Tue
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
3
2
3
3
0
0
0
1
1
1
3
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
1.5
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
WSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.8
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)111212121212111413131313121211111110101614131414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10114428928013210811487710289518037255974974553542972402042875887048621048
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
15
W
30
W
20
WSW
20
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
S
5
S
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:43AM
0.66
4:13PM
0.58
3:59AM
0.60
4:31PM
0.68
4:11AM
0.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:18PM
0.26
10:12AM
0.20
10:04PM
0.24
10:06AM
0.17
10:44PM
0.23
10:06AM
0.13
Tue
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise-----7:33-------7:35-------7:35--
Sunset7:19-------7:16-------7:15-------
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C241918181718191917171616161718181717161616171717
Feels °C (?)221815151417171615161616161716151414141414131312
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