Daly Heads surf break

Daly Heads surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Tuesday 09 Sep 2025 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
14.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Daly Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Daly Heads at 10AM is: 1.6m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30am September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)5ft (1.6m)18s
Afternoon (09 Sep)7ft (2.1m)17s
Evening (09 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)17s

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

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Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Fri
12
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
2
3
4
3
3
3
1
1
0
1
3
2
3
3
3
0
1
1
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)191817171717161616161615151414141414131313131615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)168517072167247122742259192516971297164320281875164716021480162912361201782755728812991847
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
10
ENE
5
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSE
20
ENE
20
SSE
20
S
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
20
SSW
25
S
20
S
20
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:48AM
0.56
3:43PM
0.67
4:16AM
0.65
3:48PM
0.58
4:47AM
0.73
3:41PM
0.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:30AM
0.19
10:00PM
0.15
10:14AM
0.24
9:58PM
0.10
10:59AM
0.31
10:01PM
0.04
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Fri
12
Sunrise-6:31-------6:30-------6:28------
Sunset----6:07-------6:08-------6:08---
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----1127----------------
Temp. °C121315141213111111121313121212121212131212121212
Feels °C (?)81013109117666655777877678910
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for SA - Yorke Peninsula

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Daly Heads (light winds from the NE at Stenhouse Bay 28 km from Daly Heads). 1.2m 17s long period groundswell from the SW with a 0.6m 11s groundswell, also from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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28 km away, 40 min ago

11 km/h
NE
0.0
14.0
Air / Water (°C)
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