Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.25° S 30.78° E

Kelso (Happy Wanderers) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 20 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Kelso (Happy Wanderers) sea temperature is
22.8°C
0.9° 

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 (20 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 10s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Kelso (Happy Wanderers) at 12PM is: 2.0m 10s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 20). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)8ft (2.5m)10s
Afternoon (20 Oct)6ft (1.8m)9s
Evening (20 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 24°C on Wed morning, min 16°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
2
0
0
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
S
10
2.5
SSW
10
2
S
10
1.8
S
9
1.6
S
9
1.5
S
9
1.4
S
9
1.2
S
9
1.1
S
9
0.9
SSE
9
0.7
SSE
9
0.7
SE
9
0.7
SE
9
0.9
SSW
7
0.9
SSW
8
0.7
SSW
13
1.3
SSW
14
1.6
SSW
13
1.6
SSW
12
1.4
SSW
12
1.3
SSW
12
1.5
SSW
12
1.4
SSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1320
1365
725
561
408
348
292
246
203
119
75
84
84
91
99
158
649
865
762
566
452
589
550
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
20
SW
15
SSE
20
E
15
ENE
15
NNE
20
N
20
NNE
15
N
30
SSW
30
S
25
SSE
15
S
5
WSW
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NNE
20
E
15
SE
15
S
15
SSE
20
S
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross-off
High Tide
12:19PM1.14m
00:33AM1.14m
1:03PM1.31m
1:15AM1.29m
1:35PM1.49m
Low Tide
5:28AM0.73m
6:32PM0.71m
6:38AM0.59m
7:15PM0.55m
7:16AM0.44m
7:47PM0.38m
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clear
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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light rain
light rain
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Temp °C
16
18
20
20
20
18
18
17
16
21
24
23
22
21
19
18
18
21
22
22
22
20
19
Feels °C
13
14
17
16
17
16
15
14
14
16
20
21
21
22
19
18
19
21
20
20
21
19
18
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