South Moana Reefs surfForecast / SA – Adelaide / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 ACST
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South Moana Reefs surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's South Moana Reefs sea temperature is
14.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at South Moana Reefs today?

The current surf forecast for South Moana Reefs at 3AM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Afternoon (17 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)14s
Evening (17 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)13s

Table - waves today at South Moana Reefs. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
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 (?)
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.6
W
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.5
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.4
W
0.4
NNW
0.1
SW
0.4
WNW
0.7
W
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.3
W
2.1
W
2.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)665551413131313344454105444577
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)011462350777665182016704101324318600
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
25
N
25
NNW
20
NNW
10
N
5
WNW
5
WNW
15
NW
25
NW
35
NW
40
WNW
35
WNW
30
WSW
35
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
onononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:48AM
1.36
2:36PM
1.28
5:40AM
1.16
3:15PM
1.53
4:37AM
1.26
3:45PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:45PM
0.47
12:04PM
1.26
10:44PM
0.46
9:17AM
1.03
10:20PM
0.38
9:34AM
0.75
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise---6:13-------6:11-------6:11----
Sunset------6:07-------6:07-------6:08-
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------------11-
Temp. °C121213131313131212101014181918171513131416161212
Feels °C (?)7588991199668121415151410889964
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for SA - Adelaide

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at South Moana Reefs (light winds from the W at Mount Terrible Radar 14 km from South Moana Reefs). No surfable waves

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1 h 28 min ago

6 km/h
W
Clean
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