Pennington Bay surfForecast / SA – Kangaroo Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 31 Mar 2026 ACDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
18.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Pennington Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Pennington Bay at 6PM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:30am March 31). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Afternoon (31 Mar)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (31 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
1
S
1.1
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.7
S
0.8
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)141413131312121616151414131213131213111111151516
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)401373347273260193190251239212416521735417604335314281331263254236291476
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
30
N
30
N
25
N
10
N
10
WNW
15
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
15
S
10
S
10
SSW
5
SW
5
W
10
W
5
W
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:28PM
0.94
4:43AM
1.03
5:25PM
1.09
5:08AM
1.02
5:37PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:56AM
0.28
10:48PM
0.50
10:58AM
0.27
11:18PM
0.39
11:07AM
0.23
11:47PM
0.32
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
Sunrise-7:30-------7:31-------7:31------
Sunset----7:15-------7:14-------7:12---
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212223262423201817171919171716151517181818171716
Feels °C (?)181617202221191616151717151716151417181616151514
  • 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

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
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest