Daly Heads surf break

Daly Heads surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 21 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
19.6° C
(Which is 1.1°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: 1.1m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (21 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)16s
Evening (21 Mar)5ft (1.6m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
2
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)141316161615141414141413131313141414131313141415
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)457511553129712481108998899791605579511444503444464434416340335335361520820
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
5
SE
10
WSW
15
SW
15
S
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
5
W
10
SW
15
SSE
20
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NNE
10
N
5
SSW
15
SE
10
ESE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:41AM
0.54
5:36PM
0.79
4:40AM
0.47
6:07PM
0.84
4:23AM
0.42
6:42PM
0.85
3:34AM
0.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:41AM
0.09
12:03AM
0.28
10:45AM
0.04
12:50AM
0.34
10:54AM
-0.02
1:53AM
0.42
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise-7:24-------7:26-------7:26------
Sunset----7:32-------7:30-------7:30---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161821211918171718202425232120202123262727252425
Feels °C (?)151820191717151617192223191716161820232626232224
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