Petrel Cove surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 26 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 1.5°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 10AM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.6m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:30am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)5ft (1.5m)15s
Afternoon (26 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Evening (26 Mar)10ft (3.0m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
S
2.1
SW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)11121514148899999131313121212121212131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)663512132380079995411521393122410411113933175215811400727589508500491469604828903
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
20
SSW
20
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
30
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:28PM
0.93
5:39PM
1.09
11:49PM
1.03
6:32PM
0.97
12:13AM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:53AM
0.22
9:06PM
0.98
9:04AM
0.26
8:14PM
0.96
9:10AM
0.32
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise---7:22-------7:22-------7:24----
Sunset------7:19-------7:17-------7:15-
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------------11---
Temp. °C171616161615151515141415161515151516161718181716
Feels °C (?)1412131087677778101010111314151416161615
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