Hanson Bay surfForecast / SA – Kangaroo Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Tuesday 21 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 12PM is: 2.1m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 19s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30am April 21). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)7ft (2.1m)13s
Afternoon (21 Apr)6ft (1.8m)13s
Evening (21 Apr)7ft (2.1m)17s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
1
1
2
2
2
4
4
4
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.8
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
2.3
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.2
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)131313131717161616151414141414141413131313121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1497142714271144257025121694169416721271110910162089329443434506435937073000264120151474639553
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
15
NNE
20
NNW
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
NNW
15
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNW
5
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:36PM
0.94
1:05AM
0.32
4:11PM
0.86
4:50PM
0.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:45AM
-0.07
11:19PM
0.31
8:00AM
-0.08
8:16AM
-0.06
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise-6:50-------6:52-------6:52------
Sunset---5:50-------5:49-------5:47----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C172226262525251916161515141313131317232423242424
Feels °C (?)162022222021211814141212111010101116222321222120
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