Daly Heads surf break

Daly Heads surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 04 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
21.8° C
(Which is 2.8°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: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:30am March 04). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)5ft (1.5m)13s
Afternoon (04 Mar)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (04 Mar)5ft (1.6m)13s

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


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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
3
2
3
1
0
1
2
2
4
4
4
4
2
0
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131313131313141414141414151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)77877877877885985991984693385976777879010041107150716881855206623812381231926862169
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSW
5
SW
10
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
10
S
10
S
5
S
10
S
15
WSW
25
SW
20
SSW
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:32AM
0.78
4:40PM
0.51
4:46AM
0.71
5:04PM
0.60
4:56AM
0.64
5:30PM
0.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:13AM
0.20
10:17PM
0.17
11:07AM
0.18
10:56PM
0.20
11:07AM
0.14
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise---7:09-------7:11-------7:11----
Sunset------7:55-------7:54-------7:53-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151515172021181717171718191918171716161820201918
Feels °C (?)131313141819151516171817161616151716161819161616
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