Pennington Bay surfForecast / SA – Kangaroo Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Thursday 09 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 5PM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30am April 09). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Afternoon (09 Apr)4ft (1.2m)13s
Evening (09 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.3
SSW
3
SW
2.5
SSW
3
SW
4
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
S
3
S
4
SSW
3.5
S
Period(s) (?)141313131312121212121212121313131313131314151415
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)627609506523744861159625481795260241221896203821452293219928051844199723963095480468645421
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
25
WNW
30
NW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
W
35
W
30
W
35
WSW
30
W
35
W
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
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
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:30AM
0.60
7:28PM
1.32
6:06AM
0.52
8:01PM
1.22
8:50PM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:49AM
0.25
2:55AM
0.47
11:44AM
0.31
11:12AM
0.36
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise-6:37-------6:37-------6:39------
Sunset----6:02-------6:00-------6:00---
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------1----------
Temp. °C161820191716151414141615151313131314151515141414
Feels °C (?)14151513119786786756677788788
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