Kelps surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Wednesday 22 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
16.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Kelps today?

The current surf forecast for Kelps at 5PM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)5ft (1.6m)16s
Afternoon (22 Apr)5ft (1.5m)14s
Evening (22 Apr)5ft (1.6m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
0
0
0
0
2
2
4
4
3
2
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.9
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)161615141414141414131313131312121212141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12971179106291182199296513382238254923762094183415211150960666583377725694769757746
Wind
(km/h)
25
N
25
N
20
WSW
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ENE
15
NNE
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
N
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
30
N
25
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
20
NNE
30
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offcrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:49PM
0.87
11:46PM
0.53
3:25PM
0.77
11:37PM
0.56
4:07PM
0.67
11:02PM
0.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:56AM
-0.09
9:11PM
0.50
7:21AM
-0.06
9:24PM
0.55
7:45AM
0.01
9:31PM
0.57
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise-6:41-------6:41-------6:43------
Sunset---5:35-------5:32-------5:31----
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212217141313131314162324252523212020232524242221
Feels °C (?)1517151099101113142020222017151314161920191614
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