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Daly Heads surf break

Daly Heads surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Saturday 17 Jan 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 1.2°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 1AM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30pm January 17). 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 2.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (18 Jan)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (18 Jan)3ft (0.9m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sat
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
2
2
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SW
2
SW
Period(s) (?)14141414151514141414141414131313566612242221
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)382336289297360360404331331285238361586642690821154164170189849299931193525
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
20
NE
15
N
0
NNW
5
WSW
25
SE
10
S
15
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
30
S
25
S
30
S
35
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		crossglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:16AM
0.95
3:47PM
0.24
4:42AM
0.96
4:02PM
0.28
5:07AM
0.95
4:25PM
0.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:52PM
0.13
12:25PM
0.18
8:39PM
0.08
12:29PM
0.20
9:18PM
0.06
12:34PM
0.22
Sat
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise----6:26-------6:26-------6:28---
Sunset8:37-------8:37-------8:37-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C231917171925282930212220192122211917161717202424
Feels °C (?)201615151821252930172119161717161312121313172019
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