Petrel Cove surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Sunday 05 Apr 2026 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
18.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Petrel Cove today?

The current surf forecast for Petrel Cove at 5AM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 02:30am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Afternoon (05 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (05 Apr)4ft (1.2m)12s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSW
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
SSW
1.1
S
1
S
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)121213131313121212121212141313121212121215141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)773799740604653623497418418425347284507396384344278269260234309478659979
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
N
5
N
15
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
W
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
10
S
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:24AM
0.85
2:18PM
1.26
1:36AM
0.83
2:44PM
1.26
1:43AM
0.80
3:12PM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:59AM
0.21
8:32PM
0.55
7:14AM
0.20
9:02PM
0.62
7:27AM
0.21
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise---6:31-------6:31-------6:31----
Sunset------6:05-------6:04-------6:01-
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light rain
light rain
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clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
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cloud
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181818192017161818192023252520181817161616161414
Feels °C (?)151414161817141816171921232320181815141414141313
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