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Petrel Cove surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Sunday 15 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
19.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Petrel Cove today?

The current surf forecast for Petrel Cove at 12PM is: 2.5m 17s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:30am March 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Mar)8ft (2.5m)18s
Afternoon (15 Mar)8ft (2.5m)16s
Evening (15 Mar)8ft (2.5m)16s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
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0
0
1
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2
S
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
S
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)171719181716161615141414141313131313131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)141415784633462841233517338730592547171513631344119013031026888774803816721721594566557
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
SE
5
E
10
E
10
SE
20
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
15
S
20
S
25
SSE
15
SE
5
ESE
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
SE
5
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		glassglasscross-
on		onononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:30AM
1.07
2:02PM
0.60
12:53AM
1.09
1:44PM
0.64
1:17AM
1.09
1:48PM
0.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:05AM
0.33
4:35PM
0.56
8:42AM
0.33
5:53PM
0.47
8:21AM
0.33
6:42PM
0.38
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise---7:13-------7:13-------7:15----
Sunset------7:35-------7:32-------7:31-
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------31-----------
Temp. °C161717222421181716161615161717161616161819191716
Feels °C (?)151717212117161715131313161717161616161717171615
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