Pennington Bay surfForecast / SA – Kangaroo Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 ACST
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Pennington Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Pennington Bay sea temperature is
17.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Pennington Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Pennington Bay at 11AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (20 Apr)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (20 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
Period(s) (?)131212121214141313131314171717161616151414151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)55149347740538536641338437837831732677277271751650950336535028046214991635
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
15
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
25
N
15
N
10
WSW
15
SW
25
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:27AM
0.81
5:34PM
1.59
5:45AM
0.71
6:03PM
1.58
5:50AM
0.62
6:33PM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:33AM
0.34
12:37AM
0.33
10:43AM
0.32
1:18AM
0.41
10:50AM
0.31
2:04AM
0.51
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise-6:46-------6:47-------6:48------
Sunset---5:47-------5:46-------5:45----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131415151414151719202223252523222219191615151414
Feels °C (?)101112121111131618181919212018171918171312121212
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