Petrel Cove surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Sunday 29 Mar 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
19.6° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Petrel Cove today?

The current surf forecast for Petrel Cove at 6PM is: 1.2m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 1.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)14s
Afternoon (29 Mar)6ft (1.9m)15s
Evening (29 Mar)5ft (1.5m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wed
01
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
4
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.2
S
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
S
0.9
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.7
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)121415161613131313131212121212141414131313121616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1164159116191799715744958836703670537447439367299333585537523431418318252321
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
5
SE
5
SSE
10
E
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
0
N
5
SE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
20
NW
5
WNW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassoncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:22PM
0.67
12:57AM
1.09
1:37PM
0.74
1:15AM
1.05
1:35PM
0.85
1:31AM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:07AM
0.39
4:42PM
0.66
8:45AM
0.45
6:19PM
0.56
8:04AM
0.46
7:03PM
0.48
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wed
01
Sunrise-7:24-------7:26-------7:26------
Sunset----7:15-------7:13-------7:12---
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141720221918181920232526242323222226272927272319
Feels °C (?)131618211817161617202325232120181721212322232218
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