Pennington Bay surfForecast / SA – Kangaroo Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Monday 30 Mar 2026 ACDT
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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
18.8° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Pennington Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Pennington Bay at 1PM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:30am March 30). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (30 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


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Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
3
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1
S
1.7
SW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)131312121212121414141313131216161212141313141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4133893062972331841844124013733472732601931902514944334161021465578721402
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
20
N
25
N
20
N
15
NNE
10
ENE
15
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
30
N
25
NNW
10
NNW
15
WNW
15
NW
20
W
15
W
20
W
15
SW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
5
SW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:04PM
0.82
4:16AM
1.01
5:28PM
0.94
4:43AM
1.03
5:25PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:05AM
0.27
10:19PM
0.63
10:56AM
0.28
10:48PM
0.50
10:58AM
0.27
11:18PM
0.39
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
Sunrise-7:28-------7:30-------7:31------
Sunset----7:16-------7:15-------7:14---
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------1--------
Temp. °C202123232324242221222326242120181618191817161615
Feels °C (?)171819192022211817171720221819171415171615151615
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