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Petrel Cove surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 17 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
19.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Petrel Cove today?

The current surf forecast for Petrel Cove at 6AM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:30pm March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Afternoon (18 Mar)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (18 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

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

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16 DaysHourly
Print Table
Tue
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
3
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
3
3
!
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121212131313131312121212121212121515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)57556655753952151263384182891771067757556656657557564575414151505172415481286
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SSE
20
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:40AM
1.07
1:59PM
0.81
2:02AM
1.03
2:17PM
0.92
2:22AM
0.98
2:37PM
1.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:42PM
0.38
8:10AM
0.32
7:21PM
0.32
8:07AM
0.31
7:57PM
0.30
8:08AM
0.30
Tue
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise-----7:16-------7:16-------7:16--
Sunset7:31-------7:30-------7:29-------
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171617181819202018171616161718181616161515181919
Feels °C (?)151417191819201917151414141516151414151414171817
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