Petrel Cove surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Friday 20 Feb 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
19.1° 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 7PM is: 2.2m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm February 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)--
Afternoon (20 Feb)7.5ft (2.3m)14s
Evening (20 Feb)7ft (2.1m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
0
!
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)151414141313131313131212121212121212121214131316
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2416216719371605126710739298117998037546346346776775895086264194511403117511572384
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
E
15
E
10
E
5
ESE
0
N
5
N
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
W
25
SSW
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:21PM
0.89
3:24AM
0.97
3:48PM
0.99
3:35AM
0.90
4:17PM
1.06
3:35AM
0.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:57PM
0.30
9:16AM
0.28
9:29PM
0.40
9:17AM
0.28
9:59PM
0.55
9:18AM
0.27
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise------6:52-------6:54-------6:54-
Sunset--8:05-------8:04-------8:02-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------1-1------
Temp. °C292719171616162125262625242322222217161616151516
Feels °C (?)272417161515151924262624222221222214121111111112
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