Kelps surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 28 Feb 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
15.7° C
(Which is 1.8°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: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30am February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (28 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (28 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.2
SW
1.8
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111110101010121212121111201918181816161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3793232471401371088464747217514113715514745510592282376650504878470143723866
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ESE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NNW
15
NW
15
W
15
SW
20
SSW
20
S
25
S
25
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crossononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:15AM
0.84
1:34PM
0.28
1:28AM
0.85
1:07PM
0.38
1:41AM
0.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:10AM
0.13
9:35AM
0.21
5:29PM
0.21
8:51AM
0.26
6:24PM
0.15
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
Sunrise6:52-------6:52-------6:54-------
Sunset----7:51-------7:50-------7:49---
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
523331--222-------------
Temp. °C212122222222222121222020191817161615151515141413
Feels °C (?)20202222232020192123202019171513121110101091110
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