Petrel Cove surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 06 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
19.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Petrel Cove today?

The current surf forecast for Petrel Cove at 6PM is: 2.5m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30am March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)8ft (2.5m)15s
Afternoon (06 Mar)10ft (3.0m)15s
Evening (06 Mar)8ft (2.5m)15s

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


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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)151516151515141414141415151515141414141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)31563371370333712860255025152259208218871913245026532320204820202578237921551949168210431013892
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
ESE
10
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoncross-
on
onononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:11PM
1.02
2:59AM
0.93
3:38PM
1.09
3:10AM
0.90
4:06PM
1.12
3:18AM
0.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:41AM
0.26
9:00PM
0.39
8:49AM
0.22
9:27PM
0.47
9:01AM
0.20
9:53PM
0.57
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
Sunrise-7:05-------7:05-------7:07------
Sunset----7:46-------7:45-------7:45---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161821201817161617181818161616141415161615151515
Feels °C (?)17182018171615151516151412111191010121212131415
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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