Goolwa Beach surf break

Goolwa Beach surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 11 Oct 2025 ACDT
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Goolwa Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Goolwa Beach sea temperature is
14.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Goolwa Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Goolwa Beach at 4AM is: 4.0m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:30am October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Oct)11ft (3.5m)15s
Afternoon (11 Oct)11ft (3.5m)15s
Evening (11 Oct)10ft (3.0m)15s

Table - waves today at Goolwa Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
0
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3
3
1
1
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
3
SW
3
SW
2.4
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)151515151515151414141413131313121212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6463628262825669517648534407393334563052260622991968159728152581150812371087844674571489467
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
20
W
15
WNW
25
W
30
WNW
30
W
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
20
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
SW
5
W
5
WSW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:07AM
0.93
5:45AM
0.90
6:30AM
0.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:51PM
0.01
9:03PM
-0.01
9:15PM
0.01
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise--6:37-------6:37-------6:35-----
Sunset------7:24-------7:25-------7:27-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141313161617151312121315171714131211101214161311
Feels °C (?)109101110111110989101311101087810101299
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for SA - East Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Goolwa Beach (light winds from the W at Strathalbyn 29 km from Goolwa Beach). A 3.7m groundswell from the SW is too big for here

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29 km away, 1 h 29 min ago

11 km/h
W
0.0
14.7
Air / Water (°C)
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