Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.25° S 30.78° E

Kelso (Happy Wanderers) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 03 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Kelso (Happy Wanderers) sea temperature is
22.3°C
0.7° 

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 (03 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Kelso (Happy Wanderers) at 5PM is: 0.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 03). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Afternoon (03 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (03 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 25°C on Tue morning, min 18°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
3
Sunday
4
Monday
5
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
SSE
8
0.2
SSE
8
0.2
SSE
8
0.1
SW
13
0.1
SW
13
0.2
SSW
13
1.6
E
9
1.6
E
10
1.7
E
10
1.8
E
10
1.8
E
10
1.7
E
10
1.7
E
10
1.7
E
10
1.7
E
10
1.8
E
9
1.9
E
9
2
E
9
2.1
E
10
2
E
10
2
E
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
7
7
7
7
7
16
450
460
546
625
623
555
544
544
522
549
586
665
787
725
725
Wind (km/h)
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
E
5
ESE
5
S
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
5
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
15
NNE
15
N
Wind State
on
on
on
glassy
glassy
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
8:01PM1.18m
9:27AM1.09m
10:54PM1.09m
12:14PM1.20m
Low Tide
1:37PM0.60m
2:35AM0.67m
4:00PM0.75m
5:29AM0.67m
6:38PM0.63m
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
22
22
22
21
20
20
19
21
22
22
21
20
19
18
18
21
23
23
22
20
20
Feels °C
19
20
22
23
21
20
18
20
21
20
20
21
19
18
17
20
21
21
21
21
21
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