Daly Heads surf break

Daly Heads surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 26 Mar 2026 ACDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
21.3° C
(Which is 2.9°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 12AM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm March 26). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (27 Mar)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (27 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)141414131313131313131313121212121212121212121213
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)178520201762150211621069996814809721520512481416409361355367380444437437437451
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
35
S
35
S
30
S
25
SSE
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
20
S
25
S
25
SSE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
25
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
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
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:04PM
0.72
1:40AM
0.73
2:28AM
0.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:36AM
-0.06
11:47AM
-0.01
11:47AM
0.05
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise-------7:30-------7:31-------7:31
Sunset--7:25-------7:23-------7:22-----
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161515151414151517181514151515171919181716161618
Feels °C (?)8778879911121010121313151718161614141415
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