Stokes Bay surfForecast / SA – Kangaroo Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 ACST
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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
14.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Stokes Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Stokes Bay at 9PM is: 1.7m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)--
Afternoon (17 Sep)--
Evening (17 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

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

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Wed
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
4
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.4
W
1.6
W
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
2.5
W
3
W
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.1
WSW
Period(s) (?)131313131212121212121212121278910141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1303987769623377274218547722658603521385353554112814061479294626822438215319171721
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
20
N
25
N
30
NNW
25
NW
20
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
20
WNW
30
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
40
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:47PM
0.11
2:45AM
0.04
1:26PM
0.11
2:31AM
0.06
1:59PM
0.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:53PM
0.00
8:47PM
0.00
6:27AM
0.03
8:43PM
0.01
7:26AM
0.03
Wed
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise-----6:18-------6:16-------6:15--
Sunset6:13-------6:13-------6:14-------
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------1--------
Temp. °C121211111116182015131313131415131111111111121313
Feels °C (?)9987710111511121210867544446677
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for SA - Kangaroo Island

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Stokes Bay (light winds from the SSW at ParndanaCfsAws 19 km from Stokes Bay). A 1.6m groundswell from the WSW

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19 km away, 55 min ago

7 km/h
SSW
0.0
14.7
Air / Water (°C)
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