Rapid Bay surfForecast / SA – Adelaide / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Wednesday 22 Apr 2026 ACST
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Rapid Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rapid Bay sea temperature is
19.3° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rapid Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Rapid Bay at 4PM is: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 08:30am April 22). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)1ft (0.3m)7s
Afternoon (22 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (22 Apr)1ft (0.3m)6s

Table - waves today at Rapid Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
N
0.3
W
0.3
WNW
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.3
W
0.3
WSW
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.2
WSW
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.5
N
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
Period(s) (?)4778769998881288877747777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)168054617412423222113101010105474666
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
10
NNW
5
S
20
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
ENE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNE
10
NE
15
NE
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
10
N
5
NE
10
NE
15
NE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:18AM
1.08
6:27PM
1.93
6:21AM
0.99
6:48PM
1.78
6:10AM
0.94
7:05PM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:28AM
0.49
1:29AM
0.57
11:35AM
0.50
1:56AM
0.73
11:36AM
0.55
2:23AM
0.88
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise-6:46-------6:47-------6:48------
Sunset---5:45-------5:43-------5:42----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212120191514141517202225252423222122232423232322
Feels °C (?)181920161211121315171821222018161516182021191917
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