Petrel Cove surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 21 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
18.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Petrel Cove today?

The current surf forecast for Petrel Cove at 3PM is: 2.0m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 17s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:30am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)5ft (1.5m)13s
Afternoon (21 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)16s
Evening (21 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
1
!
3
4
4
4
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)141313161514141414141313131313131412131313131516
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7907788171894194916371464130311389478176736636635695776494474764844764918111324
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
10
S
5
SSW
15
S
10
S
5
SE
5
ESE
0
ESE
0
ENE
5
ENE
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
E
5
ESE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassglassglassglassononononcrosscrosscrosscrosscrossoncross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:01PM
1.14
2:50AM
0.85
3:28PM
1.22
2:53AM
0.81
3:57PM
1.25
2:38AM
0.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:11AM
0.28
9:06PM
0.41
8:15AM
0.26
9:39PM
0.52
8:22AM
0.23
10:10PM
0.66
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise-7:18-------7:18-------7:20------
Sunset----7:25-------7:24-------7:22---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151719191716151616202321191817171722272724232020
Feels °C (?)151619171716151716202219181716151520252624222019
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