Pennington Bay surfForecast / SA – Kangaroo Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 30 Dec 2025 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
18.4° C
(Which is 1.1°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 2PM is: 2.3m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30am December 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Dec)6.5ft (2.0m)6s
Afternoon (30 Dec)7.5ft (2.3m)7s
Evening (30 Dec)8ft (2.4m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Thursday
01
Fri
02
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
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 (?)
1.8
S
2
S
2.2
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.1
SSE
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.9
SSE
2
SSE
2
SSE
1.8
SE
1.6
SE
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
1.6
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SE
1.7
SE
Period(s) (?)66777777141413131313771212121212667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)236335432542573637607482400447434119212991359278252195184187187706258263255
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
40
SSE
45
SSE
40
S
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:18AM
0.59
12:48AM
1.13
2:24AM
1.20
3:41AM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:12AM
0.58
2:15PM
0.57
10:44AM
0.42
11:42AM
0.27
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Thursday
01
Fri
02
Sunrise6:03-------6:03-------6:05-------
Sunset----8:37-------8:37-------8:37---
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151515151413141313141414141314141415161615151515
Feels °C (?)10877757678887689910111110101010
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