Daly Heads surf break

Daly Heads surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Sunday 01 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
20.4° C
(Which is 1.4°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 1PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30am March 01). 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 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (01 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (01 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
1.1
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.7
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)12101212412201918181817161616151515141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)53249214140471363768441227236620422297238420611654132613081077978924790711778
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
15
S
20
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:03PM
0.23
3:52AM
0.87
4:18PM
0.30
4:14AM
0.84
4:22PM
0.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:04PM
0.12
7:20PM
0.21
11:42AM
0.17
8:43PM
0.18
11:25AM
0.20
9:34PM
0.17
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
Sunrise-7:07-------7:09-------7:09------
Sunset----8:00-------7:59-------7:57---
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C212222212019181817171820181515141416192018161515
Feels °C (?)232422191717161514141516141111111112151714121213
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