Petrel Cove surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Saturday 28 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
19.6° C
(Which is 1.7°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 7PM is: 1.7m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)--
Afternoon (28 Mar)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (28 Mar)6ft (1.8m)13s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.2
S
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
S
0.8
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
Period(s) (?)121313131212121415161613131313131212121212151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5797789171121102511371137155416191799715744958836703670537447439367294275593553
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ESE
5
SSE
5
ESE
10
NE
15
NNE
10
N
15
N
5
N
5
NNE
0
SE
10
ENE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:36AM
1.11
2:22PM
0.67
12:57AM
1.09
1:37PM
0.74
1:15AM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:07AM
0.39
4:42PM
0.66
8:45AM
0.45
6:19PM
0.56
8:04AM
0.46
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise-------7:24-------7:26-------7:26
Sunset--7:15-------7:15-------7:13-----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161615151414141620211918171920222526252323222226
Feels °C (?)141413131213131419201817161718192325242120191821
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