Kelps surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 05 Mar 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
16.3° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Kelps today?

The current surf forecast for Kelps at 6AM is: 3.5m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30pm March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)11ft (3.5m)16s
Afternoon (06 Mar)11ft (3.5m)16s
Evening (06 Mar)11ft (3.5m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
4
5
6
6
5
5
4
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)141515151516161515151515151515151515151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)383546355175568161616762676263245246469942513883353233773664459048094295418038203632325730952904
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SE
40
SSE
40
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:12AM
0.72
2:31PM
0.76
2:22AM
0.69
2:58PM
0.80
2:30AM
0.65
3:25PM
0.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:07PM
0.13
8:18AM
0.11
8:35PM
0.17
8:29AM
0.06
9:00PM
0.22
8:43AM
0.03
Thu
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise----6:58-------6:58--------7:00--
Sunset7:44-------7:43-------7:42-------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171818171717181817171616161616161514141413141515
Feels °C (?)151716161716161615141212121210988887778
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