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Kelps surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 28 Jan 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
16.5° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Kelps today?

The current surf forecast for Kelps at 7AM is: 2.0m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:30am January 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)15s
Afternoon (28 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Evening (28 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)161515151414141313131312121211111111111111101112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)218519761669142114021033872690609600459423403376398398413363332382319277319376
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
20
S
20
SSE
25
S
30
S
30
SSE
35
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
30
SE
35
SE
25
SE
40
SSE
45
SSE
40
SE
30
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
25
S
30
S
35
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:40AM
0.62
12:45AM
0.73
12:57AM
0.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:47AM
0.07
11:02AM
0.07
11:22AM
0.10
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise--6:18-------6:18-------6:20-----
Sunset------8:25-------8:24-------8:23-
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171717171615151514141417171615151616161717171617
Feels °C (?)16151413111010101098121088101212141413121314
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