Petrel Cove surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Sunday 03 May 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
18.3° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Petrel Cove today?

The current surf forecast for Petrel Cove at 11AM is: 2.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30am May 03). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 May)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Afternoon (03 May)7ft (2.2m)13s
Evening (03 May)7ft (2.2m)12s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun afternoon, min 13°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Sun morning, light winds from the WNW by Tue afternoon).

Sunday
3
Monday
4
Tuesday
5
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
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3
3
4
4
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SSW
13
1.4
SW
13
1.8
SW
13
2
SW
13
2.1
SW
13
2.2
SW
13
2.2
SW
12
2.2
SW
12
2.2
SW
12
2.5
SW
12
2.5
SW
11
2.5
SW
11
3
SSW
11
2.5
SSW
11
2.5
SSW
10
2.5
SSW
10
2.3
SSW
10
2.1
SSW
10
2.1
SSW
10
1.9
SSW
10
1.7
SSW
10
1.9
SSW
12
1.3
S
16
2.1
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
479
732
1144
1408
1479
1551
1434
1462
1392
1617
1545
1820
1832
1586
1498
1283
1044
817
850
702
497
1051
858
2054
Wind (km/h)
25
NW
25
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
W
25
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
00:37AM0.78m
1:36PM1.36m
00:52AM0.76m
2:01PM1.37m
1:07AM0.73m
2:28PM1.35m
Low Tide
5:56AM0.27m
8:25PM0.59m
6:15AM0.24m
9:01PM0.62m
6:33AM0.23m
part cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
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6:52
6:54
6:54
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5:30
5:29
5:28
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
Temp °C
15
15
15
15
16
17
16
15
15
15
15
16
17
17
15
14
14
14
13
15
16
16
15
14
9
10
8
7
9
10
10
8
8
9
10
11
11
12
11
10
11
9
10
12
13
14
13
12
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SSW
13
1.4
SW
13
1.8
SW
13
2
SW
13
2.1
SW
13
2.2
SW
13
2.2
SW
12
2.2
SW
12
2.2
SW
12
2.5
SW
12
3
SSW
11
2.5
SSW
10
2.3
SSW
10
1.3
SSW
13
2.1
SSW
10
1.9
SSW
10
1.7
SSW
10
1.9
SSW
12
1.7
SSW
12
2.1
SSW
16
Energy kJ
479
732
1144
1408
1479
1551
1434
1462
1392
1617
1832
1283
1044
522
850
702
497
1051
767
2054
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
13
1.2
SSW
12
1.2
SSW
12
1
S
16
1.3
S
16
0.2
SSW
22
Energy kJ
308
405
469
406
526
858
47
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
S
18
0.7
S
17
0.1
S
24
0.1
S
24
Energy kJ
160
270
11
11
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
NW
4
0.9
WNW
4
1
WNW
4
1.2
WNW
4
1.2
WNW
5
1.3
WNW
5
1.3
WNW
5
1.2
WNW
5
1.2
WNW
5
0.5
NW
4
2.5
SW
11
2.5
SW
11
2.5
SSW
11
2.5
SSW
10
2.1
SSW
10
Energy kJ
12
26
34
55
61
66
77
57
61
10
1545
1820
1586
1498
817
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
4
3
4
4
3
4
4
3
4
1
1
1
2
3
2
3
3
1
4
4
4
3
Distance (km)
5
5
341
465
404
404
465
503
503
503
524
578
579
813
580
11
5
129
5
152
1
0
0
5
Best forecast wave conditions in South Australia - East Coast
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
4
4
5
5
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
4
5
4
5
5
5
5
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