Petrel Cove surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Sunday 19 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
18.0° 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: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)--
Afternoon (19 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (19 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.9
SSE
1
S
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSE
0.9
S
0.9
SSE
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)9910101016131012111414141313131313131417161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)139142115160200226125184228265325321523472528451458421357396857620620612
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
N
20
N
15
NNW
15
NW
5
NW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:45PM
1.34
1:09AM
0.73
2:14PM
1.38
12:57AM
0.71
2:44PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:31PM
0.55
6:23AM
0.25
9:19PM
0.64
6:37AM
0.22
6:53AM
0.21
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise-------6:43-------6:43-------6:43
Sunset-5:45-------5:45-------5:44------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222016151414141517161414151618222627252626242218
Feels °C (?)201815131212121416141313141516202323212122202116
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