Kelps surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Sunday 19 Apr 2026 ACST
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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 normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Kelps today?

The current surf forecast for Kelps at 1PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30am April 19). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (19 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (19 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
2
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.3
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.1
SW
1.6
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)101010101716161616151514141414131313131913171716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15716015816424321431042741638511081196659116312031102114410531053905947216721171552
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
25
N
25
NW
20
WNW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
20
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NNE
20
N
25
NW
15
N
20
NNE
20
N
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
crossonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:14PM
0.96
12:05AM
0.44
1:43PM
0.97
11:59PM
0.45
2:15PM
0.93
11:52PM
0.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:57AM
0.03
8:01PM
0.29
6:12AM
-0.04
8:29PM
0.36
6:32AM
-0.09
8:53PM
0.44
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise-6:37-------6:39-------6:39------
Sunset---5:38-------5:37-------5:36----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131718171614131313131314141516171819252625252421
Feels °C (?)6101315151110101111101191214151515202121201917
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