Piccaninnie Ponds surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Saturday 06 Sep 2025 ACST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Piccaninnie Ponds surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Piccaninnie Ponds sea temperature is
14.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Piccaninnie Ponds today?

The current surf forecast for Piccaninnie Ponds at 7AM is: 1.7m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 1.6m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30am September 06). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)5ft (1.5m)13s
Afternoon (06 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (06 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

Table - waves today at Piccaninnie Ponds. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
Rating
(10 max)
!
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
2
!
!
!
!
!
3
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.5
SW
1.4
NW
0.6
SW
1.9
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.4
W
3
W
3
W
Period(s) (?)131312131313121212121871678101111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)259826311760143312801006711581539397377548364615895177330493105631254664542233441564913
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
25
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
35
NNE
45
NNE
35
N
20
NNW
30
NNW
35
NW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:01AM
0.37
12:16PM
0.95
12:04AM
0.45
12:35PM
0.94
12:19AM
0.56
12:50PM
0.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:41AM
0.22
7:27PM
0.27
5:25AM
0.17
7:18PM
0.27
6:03AM
0.14
7:11PM
0.25
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Sunrise---6:22-------6:20-------6:18----
Sunset-----5:47-------5:49-------5:50--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------142----1------
Temp. °C1088121818192120201714151816151413121416151311
Feels °C (?)5325111314151311111110118998891110107
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for SA - East Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Piccaninnie Ponds (light winds from the ENE at Dartmoor (Australia) 35 km from Piccaninnie Ponds). A 2.3m groundswell from the SSW

    Piccaninnie Ponds
Expand
<
>
View all

35 km away, 1 h 38 min ago

6 km/h
ENE
0.0
14.2
Air / Water (°C)
Please reload the page to see if there are any updates.

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Piccaninnie Ponds surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest
Nearest
Nearest