Stokes Bay surfForecast / SA – Kangaroo Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 19 Dec 2025 ACDT
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Stokes Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Stokes Bay sea temperature is
18.5° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Stokes Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Stokes Bay at 5PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30am December 19). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (19 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (19 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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

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Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Mon
22
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.8
WSW
0.5
SW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.2
SSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
W
1.1
WSW
Period(s) (?)14131313138121111101010111111111514146661012
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)466285617975731801457878836565454588191219461192379
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
10
S
15
WSW
25
SSW
30
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
NNE
10
N
0
SW
20
SE
25
E
15
NNE
35
W
40
W
30
WSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:04PM
0.03
3:35AM
0.13
4:32PM
0.03
4:09AM
0.13
5:04PM
0.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:57AM
0.00
7:50PM
0.02
11:31AM
0.00
8:24PM
0.02
11:59AM
0.00
9:01PM
0.01
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Mon
22
Sunrise6:00-------6:01-------6:01-------
Sunset----8:35-------8:35-------8:36---
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------1-------
Temp. °C172123211714131213182020191516171618191715141211
Feels °C (?)1520211712101091016191819111215101013119998
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