The Pines surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 ACST
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The Pines surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Pines sea temperature is
14.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at The Pines today?

The current surf forecast for The Pines at 5PM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)--
Afternoon (18 Sep)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (18 Sep)5ft (1.5m)12s

Table - waves today at The Pines. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SW
3
SW
3
SW
4
SW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111121112121212121112141414131313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)61352753660457354959448848859719032409571361375023440140093447471727212614246022932293
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
40
WNW
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:51AM
1.13
12:44AM
0.62
12:10PM
1.11
12:27AM
0.69
12:28PM
1.07
12:34AM
0.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:20PM
0.41
4:07AM
0.56
7:56PM
0.45
5:17AM
0.46
7:18PM
0.44
5:59AM
0.37
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise-------6:09-------6:09-------6:07
Sunset--6:07-------6:07-------6:08-----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------11------------
Temp. °C20212116131212151615111110910111313131212131314
Feels °C (?)13161713119898766435688888999
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for SA - East Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Offshore wind has become cross-off at The Pines (light winds from the N at Mount Terrible Radar 28 km from The Pines). 1.5m 11s groundswell from the SSW to make surfable waves.

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28 km away, 1 h 0 min ago

17 km/h
N
0.0
14.2
Air / Water (°C)
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