Kelpies surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 27 Feb 2026 AEDT
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Kelpies surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Kelpies sea temperature is
16.9° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Kelpies today?

The current surf forecast for Kelpies at 8PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm February 27). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)--
Afternoon (27 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (27 Feb)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


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Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121211111111111110101212121212111111111121
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33624724724323121917917614211990878437377271686343424148168
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
25
NE
30
NE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
35
NNE
45
NE
40
NE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
5
N
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:08PM
0.66
5:39AM
1.21
8:45PM
0.64
6:28AM
1.19
9:15PM
0.64
7:17AM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:52PM
0.01
10:37PM
0.62
1:40PM
0.03
11:29PM
0.60
2:23PM
0.07
12:26AM
0.58
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise------6:45-------6:47-------6:48-
Sunset-7:58-------7:57-------7:54------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------231-
Temp. °C171716161615151818181716161617181919181818181917
Feels °C (?)121111121312131412121211111112121113131516172015
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