Kelps surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 04 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
16.0° C
(Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Kelps today?

The current surf forecast for Kelps at 12PM is: 1.7m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:30am February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)3ft (0.9m)18s
Afternoon (04 Feb)6ft (1.9m)16s
Evening (04 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)16s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.7
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
2
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
Period(s) (?)111111181616161615141414141313131313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)34131132353415421694190918841672151213681559203723452459256725672454245422002200193219031659
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
5
WNW
5
W
10
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
S
25
S
30
S
25
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
25
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:36AM
0.87
2:03PM
0.53
2:49AM
0.82
2:38PM
0.60
2:59AM
0.78
3:13PM
0.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:08AM
0.27
8:00PM
0.07
9:09AM
0.21
8:33PM
0.12
9:18AM
0.16
9:03PM
0.19
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise--6:26-------6:26-------6:28-----
Sunset------8:20-------8:19-------8:17-
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171516171616161615151414151514141313121414141414
Feels °C (?)15131515131313141312101011109991010111010910
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