Rapid Bay surfForecast / SA – Adelaide / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Saturday 19 Jul 2025 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
14.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Rapid Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Rapid Bay at 12PM is: 1.7m 8s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 08:30am July 19). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jul)--
Afternoon (19 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (19 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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

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Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tue
22
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
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
WNW
2.2
W
1.7
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
1
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
W
1.3
N
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
2.3
N
0.3
W
0.4
W
2.2
NW
3
WNW
Period(s) (?)7789998888888885887681067
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)0034529122915710987846056464339301041818170213200
Wind
(km/h)
40
NW
25
WSW
25
W
25
W
20
WSW
10
SW
5
WNW
10
N
15
NNE
20
N
20
N
15
N
15
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
35
NNE
40
NNE
45
NNE
40
N
40
NNE
50
NNE
45
NNE
45
WNW
40
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:22AM
1.57
8:02PM
1.07
10:19AM
1.54
12:12PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:20PM
0.99
2:06AM
0.75
1:06AM
0.70
11:46PM
0.56
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tue
22
Sunrise-7:22-------7:22-------7:20------
Sunset---5:23-------5:24-------5:25----
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Rain (mm)
-2------------------2-25
Temp. °C131314141312121211121213131413131313141512131111
Feels °C (?)57888810978791096543562422
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for SA - Adelaide

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Rapid Bay (light winds from the NW at Mount Terrible Radar 37 km from Rapid Bay). A 1.2m swell from the W

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37 km away, 1 h 3 min ago

11 km/h
NW
12.6
14.4
Air / Water (°C)
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