Daly Heads surf break

Daly Heads surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 19 Feb 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
21.1° 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 4PM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30am February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (19 Feb)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (19 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
1
0
2
3
4
4
4
3
0
0
1
2
3
3
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313141415151514141413131313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8258388518659409841220136315681610130812731147825704562437431431418386423374392
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
SSW
10
W
20
SW
15
S
15
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
SE
5
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ENE
20
N
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:06AM
0.81
5:10PM
0.52
5:19AM
0.72
5:41PM
0.60
5:26AM
0.63
6:15PM
0.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:43AM
0.19
10:50PM
0.16
11:43AM
0.17
11:30PM
0.22
11:44AM
0.13
12:11AM
0.30
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise6:58-------6:58--------7:00------
Sunset----8:12-------8:10-------8:09---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161921212018171718222322201817171723252523232221
Feels °C (?)172020191816151618222018171615151521222222232221
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