Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.49° S 140.00° E

Kelps 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Kelps sea temperature is
16.8°C
2.5° 

Kelps surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Kelps today (04 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 13s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 9s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Kelps at 6AM is: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 20s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.1m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:30am November 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Nov)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Afternoon (04 Nov)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (04 Nov)10ft (3.0m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Fri morning, min 11°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Wed morning, light winds from the W by Thu morning).

Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Friday
6
Sat
7
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
2
2
3
0
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0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
SW
13
1.4
SW
13
1.5
SW
13
2
WSW
13
2.5
SW
8
3
SW
9
3
SW
10
3
SW
10
2.5
SW
11
2.5
SW
11
2.5
SW
11
2.4
SW
11
2.3
SW
11
2.2
SW
11
2.2
SW
11
2.2
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
2.5
SW
14
3
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
15
4.5
SW
15
4
SW
15
4.5
SW
15
4
SW
14
4
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
721
653
734
1317
810
1312
1553
1561
1547
1491
1545
1467
1325
1256
1256
1684
2172
2462
3206
4310
5377
8810
6299
7795
6847
6335
4399
Wind (km/h)
20
WNW
20
NW
35
NW
35
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
35
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
WSW
15
W
25
WNW
25
W
25
W
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
35
WNW
30
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
10:24AM0.54m
1:30AM0.45m
10:50AM0.52m
00:10AM0.56m
11:09AM0.49m
00:12AM0.68m
Low Tide
6:50PM0.31m
5:12AM0.43m
5:33PM0.30m
6:07AM0.36m
5:16PM0.24m
6:42AM0.32m
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Temp °C
15
15
15
15
14
14
14
13
13
13
13
13
14
14
14
14
14
15
15
15
16
14
12
12
12
11
11
Feels °C
12
12
9
8
5
5
6
6
7
7
8
9
9
9
9
9
9
10
10
9
10
8
5
4
3
3
2
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