Hanson Bay surfForecast / SA – Kangaroo Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 04 Apr 2026 ACDT
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Hanson Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hanson Bay sea temperature is
18.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Hanson Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Hanson Bay at 4PM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:30am April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)8ft (2.5m)13s
Afternoon (04 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Evening (04 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)12s

Table - waves today at Hanson Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
3
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)131313121212121212121212121212121414131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2494220718831593138112061043940785580511403403409471373746780683663537580614551
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
20
E
20
ESE
25
ESE
20
E
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
20
WNW
15
W
10
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:34PM
0.87
3:13AM
0.49
3:56PM
0.88
3:21AM
0.46
4:20PM
0.87
3:26AM
0.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:51AM
0.01
10:05PM
0.13
9:03AM
-0.01
10:32PM
0.17
9:16AM
-0.02
10:58PM
0.23
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
Sunrise-7:37-------7:37-------7:39------
Sunset----7:13-------7:12-------7:09---
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------1------------
Temp. °C131519171515161718222419191919181822232320181717
Feels °C (?)81015121111131516212320201718171821212120191716
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