Hanson Bay surfForecast / SA – Kangaroo Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Sunday 19 Apr 2026 ACST
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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
17.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Hanson Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Hanson Bay at 2AM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)5ft (1.6m)15s
Afternoon (20 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Evening (20 Apr)7ft (2.2m)14s

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


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Sun
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
3
1
1
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSE
0.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
WSW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
WSW
1.3
SW
2
WSW
2.2
SW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)121616121215111414141313131313131717161616151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)303366135062557810205986671621174817251622147514271427125325702512184516941672127111091126
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NNE
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
WNW
15
WSW
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:56AM
0.32
3:04PM
0.98
1:41AM
0.30
3:36PM
0.94
1:05AM
0.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:42PM
0.14
7:33AM
-0.03
10:25PM
0.22
7:45AM
-0.07
11:19PM
0.31
8:00AM
-0.08
Sun
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise-----6:50-------6:50-------6:52--
Sunset-------5:52-------5:50-------5:49
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141413131314151513131316182226262425221716161515
Feels °C (?)121211111112121211111215172021222022201615141212
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