Petrel Cove surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Friday 19 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
14.2° 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 5AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 02:30am September 19). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (19 Sep)6ft (1.8m)12s
Evening (19 Sep)10ft (3.0m)12s

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

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Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.8
SW
2.4
SW
3
SW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)111212121212111213141313131313131313131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)492475475421451910145223343801466846543764346829042611247221212056202319133168191321511694
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
30
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
30
WSW
30
W
35
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
25
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
25
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:44AM
0.62
12:10PM
1.11
12:27AM
0.69
12:28PM
1.07
12:34AM
0.78
12:44PM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:07AM
0.56
7:56PM
0.45
5:17AM
0.46
7:18PM
0.44
5:59AM
0.37
6:55PM
0.40
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise---6:09-------6:09-------6:07----
Sunset------6:08-------6:08-------6:09-
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141213151615121111111112121313131213131515141412
Feels °C (?)12910987643456788879810109108
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for SA - East Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Petrel Cove (light winds from the NW at Mount Terrible Radar 31 km from Petrel Cove). A 1.5m groundswell from the SSW

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31 km away, 55 min ago

7 km/h
NW
0.0
14.2
Air / Water (°C)
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