Kelps surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Wednesday 04 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
16.3° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Kelps today?

The current surf forecast for Kelps at 5AM is: 2.3m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:30pm March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)14s
Afternoon (05 Mar)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (05 Mar)11ft (3.5m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wed
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
3
3
4
5
5
7
6
5
5
3
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141414141414151515151616151515151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)194819481977194818302006263331263835463553305681616167626490632452464699425138833532353240794350
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
10
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
onglassoncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:03AM
0.76
2:05PM
0.69
2:12AM
0.72
2:31PM
0.76
2:22AM
0.69
2:58PM
0.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:37PM
0.11
8:12AM
0.17
8:07PM
0.13
8:18AM
0.11
8:35PM
0.17
8:29AM
0.06
Wed
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise----6:56-------6:58-------6:58---
Sunset7:45-------7:44-------7:43-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161616161616171717171717161718171716151515151515
Feels °C (?)1415151515131415161616171617161515141313121099
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