Daly Heads surf break

Daly Heads surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Monday 06 Apr 2026 ACST
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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
19.8° C
(Which is 1.7°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 4AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 17s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Afternoon (07 Apr)4ft (1.2m)14s
Evening (07 Apr)5ft (1.5m)14s

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


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Mon
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)131212121215151414141313131314141414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)382386465200169221472590849790778767694637666632573581641596637553545821
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
10
S
15
E
10
E
10
E
10
NNE
15
N
15
NW
5
N
5
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:10PM
0.86
3:17AM
0.40
5:42PM
0.84
2:48AM
0.42
6:19PM
0.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:07AM
0.35
9:50AM
-0.00
12:57AM
0.41
10:07AM
-0.01
10:24AM
0.00
Mon
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise-----6:37-------6:39-------6:39--
Sunset6:10-------6:08-------6:07-------
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------1111--1---1-
Temp. °C191716151515161616151515151718191819192018181919
Feels °C (?)171412121212131314121313131516191818182016161815
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