Daly Heads surf break

Daly Heads surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 23 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
19.7° C
(Which is 1.2°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 8AM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:30am March 23). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Afternoon (23 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (23 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)131414141313131414151414131313131312121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)444410434485398335335350440696736791637618545537504386380374367503683193
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
5
E
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
15
NNE
5
NW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
ESE
5
SE
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
offoffcrossoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
offglassglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:23AM
0.42
6:42PM
0.85
3:34AM
0.43
7:23PM
0.83
8:15PM
0.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:50AM
0.34
10:54AM
-0.02
1:53AM
0.42
11:06AM
-0.06
11:20AM
-0.07
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise---7:26-------7:26-------7:28----
Sunset------7:30-------7:29-------7:27-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212222242629282726252626272928252423212222211916
Feels °C (?)171819222426272524242326262726242423202019181512
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