Petrel Cove Surf Forecast

/ SA – East Coast (28 breaks) / South Australia (91 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (35.59° S 138.60° E)

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Petrel Cove surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Wednesday 16 Jul 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 14.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Petrel Cove today?

The current surf forecast for Petrel Cove at 10AM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.3m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30am July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (ACST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Jul)	6.5ft (2.0m)	12s
Afternoon (16 Jul)	7ft (2.2m)	17s
Evening (16 Jul)	10ft (3.0m)	17s

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

Hourly 12 Days

South Australia – East Coast Surf

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	Wednesday 16						Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22								Wednesday 23
	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM
Rating (10 max)	4	4	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	3
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	14	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1074	1775	2917	3943	5128	4864	4621	4439	5012	5005	5269	5595	7923	7175	7094	7014	6560	6061	4931	3965	3217	3237	3358	3766	4105	17426	6194	5576	5002	4528	4084	3669	3623	3075	2994	2701	2701	2394	2361	2111	1993	1955	1737	1374	1017	743	514	427	351	367	722	2586	3762	3066	2866	2211	2036	1556	1278	989
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	W	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N	N	N	NNW	W	NW	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)					3:39PM 1.11				3:58AM 0.87				3:52PM 1.02				4:43AM 0.95				3:47PM 0.96				5:41AM 1.01		10:55AM 0.98								11:09AM 1.14								11:37AM 1.28								12:07PM 1.38					12:58AM 0.54				12:35PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)		8:16AM 0.48					10:27PM 0.57			8:48AM 0.62					10:22PM 0.59			9:06AM 0.79					10:01PM 0.58			8:32AM 0.96					9:40PM 0.56								9:39PM 0.53								9:49PM 0.50								10:04PM 0.49	2:03AM 0.53

	Wednesday 16						Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22								Wednesday 23
Sunrise	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	11	11	10	9	10	12	12	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	11	13	13	12	12	11	13	13	14	16	17	16	15	16	11	11	12	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	11	13	14
Feels °C (?)	8	9	9	9	7	7	7	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	6	5	5	7	7	5	6	5	4	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	8	8	9	8	6	8	6	7	8	10	8	5	5	4	5	5	5	6	7	6	6	6	5	5	7	9

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for SA - East Coast

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Petrel Cove (light winds from the NNW at Mount Terrible Radar 31 km from Petrel Cove). 2.0m 12s groundswell from the SSW with a 2.0m 12s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.4m 19s long period groundswell, also from the SSW. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.
4 hours 22 minutes ago Petrel Cove

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