Pennington Bay surfForecast / SA – Kangaroo Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 17 Oct 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
15.9° C
(Which is 1.3°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 10PM is: 1.7m 14s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:30pm October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)--
Afternoon (17 Oct)--
Evening (17 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)14s

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

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Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.9
S
1.2
S
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)151414141414141313131313131313131313131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12461195111397510041018961771623564498414339334277212212163168280490476439425
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
30
N
20
NNW
0
SSW
20
N
15
W
15
SSW
20
S
15
S
15
SE
10
SE
10
S
10
SSE
15
SE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononglassglassoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glassoffcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:37AM
0.89
3:25PM
1.01
4:41AM
1.00
3:58PM
1.03
4:38AM
1.16
4:26PM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:19PM
0.46
9:40AM
0.76
10:06PM
0.45
10:10AM
0.61
10:10PM
0.41
10:40AM
0.49
Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise----6:33-------6:31-------6:30---
Sunset7:35-------7:36-------7:37-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------------32-
Temp. °C141413131315172020191919182122201514141413111214
Feels °C (?)1112111212121215161513151817191811111112119109
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  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Pennington Bay (calm at KingstoneAero 26 km from Pennington Bay). A 1.7m groundswell from the S

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15.9
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