Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.59° S 138.60° E

Petrel Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Petrel Cove sea temperature is
15.5°C
1.0° 

Petrel Cove surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Petrel Cove today (04 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 16s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Petrel Cove at 9AM is: 1.8m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:30am October 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)6ft (1.8m)15s
Afternoon (04 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)16s
Evening (04 Oct)7ft (2.1m)16s

Table - waves today at Petrel Cove. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Mon afternoon, min 6°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
1 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
1
2
!
!
!
!
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
!
0
!
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SSW
14
1.7
SSW
14
1.8
SSW
14
1.8
SSW
15
1.9
SSW
16
2.1
SSW
16
2.1
SSW
16
2.1
SSW
16
2.1
SSW
16
2
SSW
16
2
SSW
16
1.9
SSW
16
1.9
SSW
16
1.8
SSW
16
1.9
SSW
16
1.9
SSW
16
1.7
SSW
16
1.6
SSW
16
1.9
SSW
16
2.2
SSW
16
2.5
SSW
16
2.5
SSW
15
3
SSW
15
3
SSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1032
1171
1340
1471
1780
2107
2143
2282
2282
2110
2084
1849
1826
1613
1684
1750
1447
1278
1743
2330
2850
3380
3516
3901
Wind (km/h)
20
SSE
15
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
SSE
15
S
10
SE
5
ESE
5
SSE
0
SSE
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
W
10
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
20
SW
25
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
SE
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
High Tide
5:15AM1.04m
11:29AM0.92m
6:03AM0.91m
11:57AM0.99m
12:23PM1.01m
Low Tide
9:10AM0.89m
8:45PM0.24m
8:20AM0.88m
8:51PM0.30m
8:49PM0.37m
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
—
—
7:48
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:47
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:46
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
—
—
—
—
—
8:20
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:21
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:22
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Temp °C
13
12
11
12
13
13
12
12
11
11
11
14
15
17
14
13
13
13
14
15
14
14
12
10
Feels °C
10
9
7
9
10
10
9
10
10
10
11
13
12
13
12
10
10
9
10
11
9
10
8
6
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Petrel Cove surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest