Frenchman's Rock (Frenchies) surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Thursday 14 Aug 2025 ACST
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Frenchman's Rock (Frenchies) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Frenchman's Rock (Frenchies) sea temperature is
56.5°F
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Frenchman's Rock (Frenchies) today?

The current surf forecast for Frenchman's Rock (Frenchies) at 6AM is: 4ft 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30am August 14). An open ocean swell of 1ft 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Aug)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (14 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (14 Aug)3ft (0.9m)12s

Table - waves today at Frenchman's Rock (Frenchies). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in 23 min 56 s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
14
Friday
15
Saturday
16
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (ft) & direction (?)
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
6
WSW
7
WSW
6
SW
10
SW
11
SW
11
SW
10
SW
11
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
8
SSW
Period(s) (?)12121313121212121212126787121313131313141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)5215134644714423362822091491591810499669821291536273314774629042993293427182655
Wind
(mph)
6
NNE
6
NNE
6
N
9
NNE
12
NNW
12
NNW
12
NNW
19
NNW
22
NNW
19
NW
16
W
16
W
19
WSW
19
W
16
WSW
16
WSW
12
WSW
12
WSW
9
WSW
12
WSW
12
WSW
12
W
12
WNW
12
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
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
High Tide
/ height (ft)
3:01AM
3.22
3:00PM
3.25
3:34AM
3.45
2:59PM
3.05
4:10AM
3.58
2:30PM
3.02
Low Tide
/ height (ft)
8:35AM
1.61
8:44PM
1.48
9:04AM
2.13
8:41PM
1.44
9:17AM
2.69
8:42PM
1.38
Thursday
14
Friday
15
Saturday
16
Sunrise---6:58-------6:56-------6:56----
Sunset-----5:40-------5:42-------5:43--
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Rain (in)
----------0.1-0.0-----------
Temp. °F525252556464616463575554555552504848465254545252
Feels °F (?)464545485557545248454645434339393739374345454343

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  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Frenchman's Rock (Frenchies) (light winds from the N at Mount Terrible Radar 18 miles from Frenchman's Rock (Frenchies)). 5ft 13s groundswell from the SW to make surfable waves.

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29 km away, 1 h 9 min ago

5 mph
N
0.0
13.6
Air / Water (°C)
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