Petrel Cove surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Monday 23 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
20.0° C
(Which is 1.3°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 4PM is: 2.5m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30am February 23). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)8ft (2.5m)16s
Afternoon (23 Feb)8ft (2.5m)15s
Evening (23 Feb)8ft (2.5m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)1316151515151515141414141414141413131313138813
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)129729113016305530552899271224782197196514541373135312801318122611901058936781781749690700
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
20
ESE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
15
S
20
S
25
S
30
S
30
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
35
SE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
onononononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:50PM
1.10
3:09AM
0.83
5:26PM
1.10
12:51AM
0.90
6:11PM
1.05
12:16AM
1.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:18AM
0.27
10:20PM
0.72
9:21AM
0.26
10:01PM
0.88
9:27AM
0.25
9:11PM
0.98
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
Sunrise6:54-------6:56-------6:56-------
Sunset----8:01-------8:00-------7:59---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141617181615151515181817161616151516171716171614
Feels °C (?)101213141313131313151412111111101011121110121110
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