Rapid Bay surfForecast / SA – Adelaide / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 04 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 1AM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:30pm November 04). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 19s 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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Tue
04
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
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 (?)
1.3
WSW
1.1
W
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
0.1
SW
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.7
N
0.8
N
1
NNW
0.5
W
0.2
W
0.3
SW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)5555554446616168814144454624
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)88694336312314179351010988818224003120
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
25
WNW
15
WSW
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
15
N
25
NNE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
20
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
15
WNW
30
SSW
35
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononcrossoncross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:01PM
1.35
4:50AM
1.72
5:31PM
1.32
5:13AM
1.85
5:58PM
1.24
5:37AM
1.93
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
Tue
04
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Sunrise----6:11-------6:09-------6:09---
Sunset7:50-------7:51-------7:52-------
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131213131314151514121213151616192223201717171715
Feels °C (?)667891010111210101112131114161717151616128
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