Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.25° S 30.78° E

Kelso (Happy Wanderers) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Kelso (Happy Wanderers) sea temperature is
22.3°C
1.1° 

Kelso (Happy Wanderers) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Kelso (Happy Wanderers) today (05 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Kelso (Happy Wanderers) at 10PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 1.4m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)--
Afternoon (05 Sep)6ft (1.9m)9s
Evening (05 Sep)5ft (1.5m)9s

Table - waves today at Kelso (Happy Wanderers). (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 21°C on Tue afternoon, min 16°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat night, fresh winds from the NE by Tue afternoon).

Sat
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
3
2
1
1
0
1
3
3
4
5
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
SSE
9
1.5
SSE
9
1.2
E
10
1.2
E
10
1.2
E
10
1
SSW
11
1
SSW
11
1
SSW
11
1
S
11
0.9
SSW
22
1.2
SSW
22
1.7
SSW
20
3
SSW
19
3.5
S
18
3.5
S
17
3
S
16
2.5
S
16
2.2
S
15
2
S
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
474
336
294
279
268
254
249
245
229
794
1336
2267
6143
7240
6165
4347
3098
2204
1643
Wind (km/h)
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
15
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
10:32PM1.13m
12:11PM1.11m
00:53AM1.23m
1:34PM1.31m
Low Tide
3:22PM0.70m
5:27AM0.70m
6:26PM0.67m
7:16AM0.54m
7:44PM0.48m
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:07
6:05
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:43
5:44
5:44
 mm
1
2
1
Temp °C
18
18
18
17
17
18
17
18
18
19
19
18
18
18
18
19
18
18
18
Feels °C
16
17
18
17
18
19
17
18
17
17
18
17
17
17
16
14
14
14
14
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