Petrel Cove surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Tuesday 07 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
18.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Petrel Cove today?

The current surf forecast for Petrel Cove at 9AM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Afternoon (07 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Evening (07 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)14s

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


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212151514141413131313141414141414141313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2782692152343094781189604117211559839839758998998997788628298057936908121016
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
ESE
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
20
WNW
25
NW
30
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffglassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:43AM
0.80
3:12PM
1.24
1:40AM
0.77
3:41PM
1.19
4:13PM
1.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:27AM
0.21
9:40PM
0.69
7:39AM
0.23
7:47AM
0.27
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise---6:31-------6:33-------6:33----
Sunset------6:01-------6:00-------6:00-
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------11---1--1-1--
Temp. °C171515151515131312121215181919181819192021211818
Feels °C (?)1412121212121112109913171819171719171918181414
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