Kelps surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 03 Mar 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
15.9° C
(Which is 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Kelps today?

The current surf forecast for Kelps at 1PM is: 2.4m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:30am March 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)8ft (2.5m)15s
Afternoon (03 Mar)8ft (2.4m)14s
Evening (03 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)14s

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


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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
2
1
2
2
3
3
4
3
1
1
3
3
2
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
Period(s) (?)151515141414141413141414141414141414141414141415
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)306225972424235820611822174417191693185719121977194818301948194817191719191224553082383545725106
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
W
10
WNW
15
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
15
W
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:18PM
0.49
1:52AM
0.80
1:40PM
0.60
2:03AM
0.76
2:05PM
0.69
2:12AM
0.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:23AM
0.26
7:03PM
0.12
8:12AM
0.23
7:37PM
0.11
8:12AM
0.17
8:07PM
0.13
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
Sunrise6:54-------6:56-------6:56-------
Sunset----7:46-------7:45-------7:44---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141515151515151515161617171616161617171717161716
Feels °C (?)9101091011121314141415161516151514131315151615
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