Rapid Bay surfForecast / SA – Adelaide / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 05 Nov 2025 ACDT
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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
16.9° C
(Which is 1.6°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 9AM is: 0.7m 5s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:30am November 05). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Afternoon (05 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)4s
Evening (05 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)4s

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

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Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
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 (?)
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.5
W
0.2
W
0.3
W
0.1
SW
0.2
W
0.1
W
0.2
W
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
1.3
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.2
S
1.2
S
Period(s) (?)5555444661668814141454443455
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)43362922161793510218888946703186160
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
25
WNW
15
WSW
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
10
NE
20
NE
20
NNW
25
NE
30
NNE
35
NNE
30
N
10
NW
10
N
10
N
15
W
20
SW
35
S
35
S
35
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
ononononcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrossoncross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:50AM
1.72
5:31PM
1.32
5:13AM
1.85
5:58PM
1.24
5:37AM
1.93
6:21PM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:37PM
0.50
11:29AM
0.16
10:55PM
0.48
12:01PM
0.09
11:11PM
0.45
12:31PM
0.08
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Sunrise--6:11-------6:09-------6:09-----
Sunset------7:51-------7:52-------7:52-
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131313141515141212131517182223221817171819151413
Feels °C (?)789101012121010101013131616161717161616976
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