Petrel Cove surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 04 Apr 2026 ACDT
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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
18.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Petrel Cove today?

The current surf forecast for Petrel Cove at 10AM is: 2.1m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:30am April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)7ft (2.2m)13s
Afternoon (04 Apr)6ft (1.9m)13s
Evening (04 Apr)6ft (1.8m)12s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
!
!
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1
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
2
3
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
S
2.1
SSW
2.4
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.4
SSW
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131313121212121313131312121212121214131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2412158120421561149111741009870870784585747653623497418411411347284507444384267
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
20
ENE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NW
5
WNW
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NNE
5
NE
10
NNE
5
WNW
15
W
15
W
10
SW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
offglasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:12AM
0.87
2:52PM
1.22
2:24AM
0.85
3:18PM
1.26
2:36AM
0.83
3:44PM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:45AM
0.24
9:04PM
0.49
7:59AM
0.21
9:32PM
0.55
8:14AM
0.20
10:02PM
0.62
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise---7:30-------7:31-------7:31----
Sunset------7:06-------7:05-------7:04-
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------1---------
Temp. °C141212141818161617181821241919192020202324262220
Feels °C (?)97791414131414151417221918181920192222242220
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