Petrel Cove surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Friday 13 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
20.3° C
(Which is 1.6°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 10AM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:30am February 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Feb)8ft (2.5m)13s
Afternoon (13 Feb)8ft (2.4m)13s
Evening (13 Feb)6ft (1.8m)12s

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

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Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
S
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
2
S
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)141413131313131212121212121212121111111112121217
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)37233095284823952022183617249317186806807557551103730625522513513446462411411343
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
30
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
SSE
20
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
S
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:31AM
1.09
12:52AM
1.15
2:10PM
0.50
1:14AM
1.18
2:00PM
0.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:00AM
0.34
9:52AM
0.33
4:06PM
0.48
9:40AM
0.31
5:31PM
0.41
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise--6:45-------6:46-------6:47-----
Sunset------8:13-------8:12-------8:10-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141413151617161516161518202017161716162124252119
Feels °C (?)898101112121012131215171714131514141922232020
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