Goolwa Rivermouth Surf Forecast

/ SA – East Coast (28 breaks) / South Australia (91 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (35.56° S 138.88° E)

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Goolwa Rivermouth surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 ACST

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Goolwa Rivermouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Goolwa Rivermouth sea temperature is 14.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Goolwa Rivermouth today?

The current surf forecast for Goolwa Rivermouth at 3AM is: 3.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	15s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	14s
Evening (17 Sep)	8ft (2.4m)	13s

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

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	Tue 16		Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM
Rating (10 max)	!	0	0	0	0	!	!	!	!	!	!	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	13	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	2614	5105	5478	5497	4487	3771	3231	3009	2596	1961	1575	1276	948	769	530	512	622	600	600	672	635	646	678	961
Wind (km/h)	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	W	NW	NNW	N	N	N	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)							11:28AM 0.72								12:25PM 0.74						3:31AM 0.34			1:03PM 0.74
Low Tide / height (m)		9:06PM -0.01								8:56PM 0.02								8:45PM 0.06			5:34AM 0.33

	Tue 16		Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	12	13	11	12	17	20	22	21	19	17	15	14	15	17	17
Feels °C (?)	6	7	5	4	7	8	10	11	11	8	9	7	8	11	14	17	16	16	14	10	8	7	8	8

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for SA - East Coast

Wind Update calm at Strathalbyn mean that is clean at Goolwa Rivermouth. No surfable waves
36 minutes ago Goolwa Rivermouth
Wind Update light winds from the W at Mount Terrible Radar mean that is clean at Bullies. No surfable waves
36 minutes ago Bullies

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