Petrel Cove surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 27 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
19.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Petrel Cove today?

The current surf forecast for Petrel Cove at 5PM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:30am February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (27 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (27 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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


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Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Mon
02
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
1
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121111111111111110101212121212121120
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)400393328322317317306243217173170133101997168505050127125119111149
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
E
15
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSE
0
SW
5
SSE
10
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
5
NNW
0
W
5
S
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
S
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassoncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassonononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:58AM
1.21
1:21AM
1.23
2:14PM
0.58
1:41AM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:44AM
0.26
9:50AM
0.30
9:49AM
0.34
5:32PM
0.51
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Mon
02
Sunrise6:58--------7:00-------7:01------
Sunset----7:57-------7:54-------7:53---
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202325242119202021202021212121212123232422212019
Feels °C (?)202224242221222222202021222222232426252524232221
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