Daly Heads surf break

Daly Heads surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Monday 30 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
19.8° C
(Which is 1.5°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 12PM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 09:30am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (30 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (30 Mar)2ft (0.6m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
WSW
1.5
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
WSW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121214141413111212121212111413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)184187184148144116114114102999187792161371321328421991511441077904803
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
25
N
25
N
20
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
10
WSW
15
WNW
20
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:27PM
0.36
3:23AM
0.71
4:06PM
0.46
3:43AM
0.66
4:13PM
0.58
3:59AM
0.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:53AM
0.18
8:15PM
0.30
10:27AM
0.20
9:18PM
0.26
10:12AM
0.20
10:04PM
0.24
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
Sunrise-7:31-------7:33-------7:33------
Sunset----7:20-------7:19-------7:16---
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------1--------
Temp. °C212222242426242322222325232219181717181817171616
Feels °C (?)181818202022201918161720212017151415151615161616
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