Petrel Cove surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Saturday 11 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
18.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Petrel Cove today?

The current surf forecast for Petrel Cove at 3PM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (11 Apr)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (11 Apr)11ft (3.5m)13s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
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3
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
Period(s) (?)121212131313141414151514141414131312121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)278926292589296739404260529158906287638959275416466943433701265121661942151912081079930807683
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
NW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:56PM
0.93
10:15PM
0.94
10:51PM
0.97
12:25PM
0.70
11:20PM
0.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:49AM
0.35
7:51PM
0.92
7:37AM
0.39
7:00AM
0.42
3:46PM
0.63
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise-6:35-------6:35-------6:37------
Sunset---5:57-------5:55-------5:53----
cloud
clear
cloud
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---1--------------------
Temp. °C141514151414141414151616151514151415161616151414
Feels °C (?)888888889101111111212131314141415141313
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