Hanson Bay surfForecast / SA – Kangaroo Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 01 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
18.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Hanson Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Hanson Bay at 12AM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (02 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (02 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)15s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
4
5
4
4
4
3
2
2
3
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.4
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
Period(s) (?)101212131312121111111115151413141414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6922781302929292521216019601554135873750655885622762880389843104400377233483003280224942045
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
15
S
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
SE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:37PM
0.64
2:37AM
0.62
2:53PM
0.74
2:51AM
0.57
3:13PM
0.82
3:03AM
0.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:38PM
0.10
8:34AM
0.08
9:09PM
0.09
8:41AM
0.04
9:38PM
0.10
8:51AM
0.01
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise-------7:35-------7:35-------7:37
Sunset--7:16-------7:15-------7:15-----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191917161616161719191716161515161515141413131315
Feels °C (?)16161616161515161716161413111212111110988810
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