Kelps surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 04 Dec 2025 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
16.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Kelps today?

The current surf forecast for Kelps at 9PM is: 2.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm December 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)--
Afternoon (04 Dec)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Evening (04 Dec)7ft (2.1m)13s

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

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Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
3
4
3
1
1
2
4
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
Period(s) (?)141313131212121313131313121212131212131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)183016431537129911001229116928452574227018861521124911501065126615471928263928734054283025612270
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
S
20
SSE
10
ESE
5
E
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
NW
10
WSW
20
W
20
W
30
W
30
WSW
35
WSW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:13AM
0.98
1:46AM
1.01
2:18AM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:51PM
0.07
5:22PM
-0.01
5:58PM
-0.06
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Sunrise------5:41-------5:41-------5:41-
Sunset--8:16-------8:17-------8:19-----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161614141312111415151414141415151414131312121313
Feels °C (?)141210109101012111111111211121086544588
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