Pennington Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.86° S 137.74° E

Pennington Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 am 11 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Pennington Bay sea temperature is
14.6° C
0.1° 

Pennington Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Pennington Bay today (11 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 15s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 18s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 17s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Pennington Bay at 5PM is: 1.7m 17s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30am August 11). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Aug)5ft (1.5m)15s
Afternoon (11 Aug)5ft (1.6m)18s
Evening (11 Aug)6ft (1.9m)17s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 15°C on Tue afternoon, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SW on Tue night, light winds from the W by Thu night).

Tuesday
11
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
3
2
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
S
15
1.5
S
15
1.4
SSW
15
1.6
S
18
1.7
S
17
1.9
S
17
2.4
SSW
16
2.5
SSW
16
2.3
S
16
2.5
SSW
16
2.5
SSW
16
3
SSW
16
3
SSW
16
3
S
16
3
S
16
3
S
16
3
S
16
3
S
16
3
S
16
2.5
S
15
2.5
S
15
2.5
S
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1108
978
869
1610
1749
1999
3011
3808
2804
3755
3801
5031
5256
4112
4598
4904
4541
4195
3784
3343
3299
3387
Wind (km/h)
30
NNW
35
NNW
30
NW
30
NNW
25
NW
25
WNW
40
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
W
25
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
10
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
3:22PM1.31m
6:14AM0.82m
4:05PM1.35m
5:44AM0.88m
4:39PM1.37m
Low Tide
11:16PM0.25m
9:21AM0.74m
11:23PM0.28m
10:06AM0.63m
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:05
7:05
7:03
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:42
5:43
5:44
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
13
13
14
15
14
14
12
12
12
12
14
14
13
13
12
12
13
13
15
15
14
14
Feels °C
7
6
7
8
8
8
4
4
5
6
8
8
8
9
8
8
10
9
11
12
11
11
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Pennington Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest