Pennington Bay surfForecast / SA – Kangaroo Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 28 Feb 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
19.4° 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 5s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:30am February 28). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (28 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Evening (28 Feb)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.6
S
1
SSE
1.1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.3
SSW
0.6
SSW
1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
2
S
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)11117757777121212121220191918181716161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)123899111441635151324775757372762927551149163323451750175214931265
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
ENE
15
E
30
E
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
5
WSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:57AM
1.04
7:20PM
0.74
4:40AM
1.09
6:32PM
0.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:15PM
0.08
12:03PM
0.10
10:20PM
0.66
11:55AM
0.13
10:57PM
0.53
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
Sunrise-7:03-------7:03-------7:05------
Sunset----7:59-------7:58-------7:55---
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
643---------------------
Temp. °C202021202122212121232220191817171616161615151515
Feels °C (?)222321172021212223252419181615141213131211111111
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