Pennington Bay surfForecast / SA – Kangaroo Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Wednesday 08 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
18.6° 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 7PM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 02:30pm April 08). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)--
Afternoon (08 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Evening (08 Apr)4ft (1.2m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.5
SSW
2.3
SW
2
SSW
2.5
SW
3
SW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)151414141414141313131312121212121212121313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7237136915906826536276095235237441543122121662196152318362286231921452132200819972596
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
20
N
20
NNE
15
NNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
30
NW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
W
30
W
30
W
35
W
35
W
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:00PM
1.41
6:30AM
0.60
7:28PM
1.32
6:06AM
0.52
8:01PM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:43AM
0.20
2:01AM
0.40
11:49AM
0.25
2:55AM
0.47
11:44AM
0.31
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise-------6:37-------6:37-------6:39
Sunset--6:04-------6:02-------6:00-----
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11-----------------1----
Temp. °C151718191818171820201817151414151515141313121314
Feels °C (?)121417181617151515141211877866767677
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