Pennington Bay surfForecast / SA – Kangaroo Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 28 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
19.5° C
(Which is 1.5°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: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:30am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (28 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (28 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
1
S
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)121212131313131314151516161314141313121212121515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)244304453582673653715704906108911641253585495613518492383306297233184213418
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
E
10
E
10
E
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NE
10
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NNE
20
N
20
N
20
N
15
N
10
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:39PM
0.96
7:19PM
0.82
3:39AM
0.98
6:04PM
0.82
4:16AM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:57AM
0.19
11:30AM
0.23
9:43PM
0.79
11:05AM
0.27
10:19PM
0.63
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
Sunrise-7:28-------7:28-------7:28------
Sunset----7:20-------7:17-------7:16---
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151617171616151515161718191919202020222323232422
Feels °C (?)121415141415131414141416171717181717182021202119
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