Petrel Cove surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 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
14.1° 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 12PM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)8ft (2.4m)12s
Afternoon (16 Sep)8ft (2.5m)13s
Evening (16 Sep)8ft (2.5m)13s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Fri
19
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
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4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212131313161615141414141313121212111111111112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)3478163819602248237028818931916332273071292725702149178315141216933691559489644592608534
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
35
W
30
W
25
W
25
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:04AM
1.02
11:14AM
1.06
11:32AM
1.12
11:51AM
1.13
12:44AM
0.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:43AM
0.96
8:20PM
0.31
8:26PM
0.36
8:20PM
0.41
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Fri
19
Sunrise-6:15-------6:13-------6:11------
Sunset----6:06-------6:07-------6:07---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121314141212111212131314121111101016192120171413
Feels °C (?)7677565578101110887611131616131010
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for SA - East Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-off wind 31 km from Petrel Cove has become light (light winds from the NW at Mount Terrible Radar). Waves should be turning clean at Petrel Cove. 2.4m 4s local chop from the WNW with a 2.1m 12s groundswell from the SW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

    Petrel Cove
  2. weather stationWind Update Cross-off wind 27 km from Bullies has become light (light winds from the NW at Mount Terrible Radar). Waves should be turning clean at Bullies. No surfable waves

    Bullies
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31 km away, 1 h 9 min ago

9 km/h
NW
0.0
14.1
Air / Water (°C)
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