Petrel Cove surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Monday 13 Apr 2026 ACST
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Petrel Cove surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Petrel Cove sea temperature is
18.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Petrel Cove today?

The current surf forecast for Petrel Cove at 12AM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30pm April 13). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (14 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (14 Apr)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Mon
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
3
3
3
2
1
2
3
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)121211111110101111101013131413131212121212121514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1079946807683573486435452392331276713690130613771316108582472564448348311611130
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
W
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
0
W
5
WSW
0
N
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
W
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crossglassglassglassoffoffglassglassglassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:20PM
0.98
12:14PM
0.79
11:47PM
0.97
12:20PM
0.91
12:12AM
0.94
12:35PM
1.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:46PM
0.63
6:11AM
0.43
4:59PM
0.55
5:56AM
0.42
5:48PM
0.48
5:54AM
0.40
Mon
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise-----6:37-------6:39-------6:39--
Sunset-------5:52-------5:52-------5:50
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151514141416171716151414141619191717171616192119
Feels °C (?)141413131315151515151313131519181715151414161717
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