Kelps surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 14 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
16.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Kelps today?

The current surf forecast for Kelps at 8AM is: 1.9m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:30am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)6ft (1.9m)14s
Afternoon (14 Jan)8ft (2.4m)14s
Evening (14 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

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

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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SSW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1
SW
1
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)14141414141413131313131312128777121214141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)200514911491149120061958112710119057461997197719301824471431349329286282589500444437
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SSE
45
S
45
SSE
40
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
S
40
S
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
50
SSE
50
SSE
40
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:29AM
0.64
12:28AM
0.72
12:49AM
0.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:18PM
0.18
1:39PM
0.20
4:14PM
0.18
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise--6:03-------6:03-------6:05-----
Sunset------8:32-------8:32-------8:31-
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141414161515151615151515151516151515151515161616
Feels °C (?)9991176811988888109988888810
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