Kelps surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 24 Jan 2026 ACDT
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Kelps surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Kelps sea temperature is
17.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Kelps today?

The current surf forecast for Kelps at 6AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:30am January 24). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (24 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)17s
Evening (24 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)16s

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

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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
3
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
2
SW
2
SW
2
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)111212121717171616161717161616161515151414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2172201641342435807459201109139819721837172819781953188017851568152612731063862747637
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
N
35
NW
15
SW
30
S
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
30
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
5
SE
20
S
20
S
20
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:41AM
0.77
4:00PM
0.58
3:47AM
0.69
4:43PM
0.60
3:39AM
0.62
5:36PM
0.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:11AM
0.19
9:36PM
0.25
10:20AM
0.16
10:06PM
0.35
10:28AM
0.13
10:29PM
0.48
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise--6:13-------6:15-------6:16-----
Sunset------8:28-------8:28-------8:27-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C202021322921171615151515151616151514142324222326
Feels °C (?)15131424211912111010109999101110102019181821
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