Petrel Cove surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Friday 17 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 slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Petrel Cove today?

The current surf forecast for Petrel Cove at 9AM is: 2.5m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)8ft (2.5m)15s
Afternoon (17 Apr)7ft (2.2m)14s
Evening (17 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
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2
1
3
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
S
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)141416151414141414131212111111109999991010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1083172828742746210618581652152613791092988648582494227225173173170136139113115163
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
15
SSW
15
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNW
10
WNW
20
SW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:34AM
0.89
12:55PM
1.16
12:52AM
0.83
1:19PM
1.26
1:05AM
0.78
1:45PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:57AM
0.38
7:10PM
0.44
6:03AM
0.34
7:50PM
0.48
6:11AM
0.30
8:31PM
0.55
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise---6:39-------6:41-------6:41----
Sunset-----5:49-------5:47-------5:45--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161515151515131312111014192120191919202225241716
Feels °C (?)15131311111210108769151817151515171822221514
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