Petrel Cove surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Monday 23 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
18.6° 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 2PM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (23 Mar)4ft (1.2m)13s
Evening (23 Mar)4ft (1.2m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
4
4
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)141213131313141615141413131312121212121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5614474844844764916681178131214431161998878852711677557548469399385324247247
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
S
5
SSE
5
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
NNW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
SSW
0
ENE
0
ESE
0
SSW
5
NNW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:57PM
1.25
2:38AM
0.79
4:28PM
1.24
1:26AM
0.82
5:01PM
1.19
11:28PM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:22AM
0.23
10:10PM
0.66
8:31AM
0.21
10:37PM
0.80
8:41AM
0.21
10:01PM
0.93
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
Sunrise-7:20-------7:20-------7:22------
Sunset----7:22-------7:22-------7:21---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------1------
Temp. °C192529282624242425272625222222212222221916161515
Feels °C (?)162229272623232323262524222222212222201713121111
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