Petrel Cove surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Monday 23 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
18.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Petrel Cove today?

The current surf forecast for Petrel Cove at 8PM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)--
Afternoon (23 Mar)4ft (1.2m)13s
Evening (23 Mar)4ft (1.2m)13s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
2
3
4
4
3
3
1
3
3
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131416151414131313121212121212121211121514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4844844764916681178131214431161998878852711645557548405399385324247211318602
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
S
5
S
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NNW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
NE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
SW
10
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglasscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:57PM
1.25
2:38AM
0.79
4:28PM
1.24
1:26AM
0.82
5:01PM
1.19
11:28PM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:10PM
0.66
8:31AM
0.21
10:37PM
0.80
8:41AM
0.21
10:01PM
0.93
8:53AM
0.22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise-------7:20-------7:22-------7:22
Sunset--7:22-------7:22-------7:21-----
part cloud
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clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C292927242424252426252322222221232321171616161615
Feels °C (?)28292623232224232524232221212022211915131212138
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