Petrel Cove surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 20 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
18.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Petrel Cove today?

The current surf forecast for Petrel Cove at 2AM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30pm March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)5ft (1.5m)13s
Afternoon (21 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)16s
Evening (21 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
3
3
2
4
2
3
3
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)131414141413131615141414141413131313131314121313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1028961975756693778817189417751637146413031138947817673663663569569649447476484
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
S
5
S
10
S
5
SSE
15
S
10
S
5
SSE
5
SE
5
E
0
ENE
5
NE
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
5
E
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononglassglassonglassonononglassglassglassglassononononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:39AM
0.92
3:01PM
1.14
2:50AM
0.85
3:28PM
1.22
2:53AM
0.81
3:57PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:32PM
0.33
8:11AM
0.28
9:06PM
0.41
8:15AM
0.26
9:39PM
0.52
8:22AM
0.23
Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise-----7:18-------7:18-------7:20--
Sunset7:28-------7:25-------7:24-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171616161618201917161616172123231918181819242826
Feels °C (?)161516161617201716161616172122221816161616222725
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