The Pines Surf Forecast

/ SA – East Coast (28 surf breaks) /

Australia (828 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (35.56° S 138.63° E)

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The Pines surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

12 Day Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Saturday 18 Oct 2025 ACDT

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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 15.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

Best Forecast Surf Conditions for The Pines this week:

The surf forecast for The Pines over the next 12 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Saturday (Oct 18) at 10PM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.8m and 12s period. The wind is predicted to be cross-offshore as the swell arrives.

The most powerful waves expected at The Pines in the next 12 days are 4.5m 10s and forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Oct 22) at 4PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 2.5m 6s period and expected on Wednesday (Oct 22) at 10AM.

Wave Type	Time (ACDT) & Date	Wave Height & Period
Next good surf (1 star+)	10PM (Sat 18th Oct)	6ft (1.8m) 12s
Best Surf	4AM (Thu 23rd Oct)	10ft (3.0m) 11s
Most Powerful	4PM (Wed 22nd Oct)	15ft (4.5m) 10s

Table - best surf conditions forecast for The Pines over the next 12 days.

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	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Warm (max 29°C on Sun morning, min 12°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.											Days 3-6 Weather Summary Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 25°C on Tue afternoon, min 10°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the WNW on Tue night, light winds from the SE by Thu night).
	Sat 18		Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Rating (10 max)	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	13	12	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1301	857	517	371	351	626	864	1036	846	1255	824	423	4490	2721	1396	1034	757	731	811	534	372
Wind (km/h)	N	N	NNW	W	SE	S	SSE	ESE	ENE	ENE	NW	WNW	WSW	SW	S	S	SSE	SE	SSE	E	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:01AM 0.81	12:54PM 0.84		1:12AM 0.92	1:10PM 0.81		1:30AM 1.02	1:25PM 0.77		1:51AM 1.11		1:40PM 0.74	2:14AM 1.16		1:55PM 0.71	2:37AM 1.20		2:08PM 0.68	3:02AM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)	6:59PM 0.43		6:36AM 0.45	6:37PM 0.38		7:10AM 0.39	6:37PM 0.31		7:40AM 0.37	6:46PM 0.25		8:08AM 0.37	6:59PM 0.20		8:36AM 0.39	7:13PM 0.16		9:04AM 0.42	7:28PM 0.15		9:34AM 0.46

	Sat 18		Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24
Sunrise	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20
Sunset	7:31	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:37	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	25	29	27	14	12	12	12	18	25	22	15	13	13	14	14	11	15	14	11	21
Feels °C (?)	22	18	25	23	12	11	11	9	15	23	20	6	6	10	11	10	8	12	10	8	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for SA - East Coast

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at The Pines (light winds from the NNW at Mount Terrible Radar 28 km from The Pines). 1.9m 12s groundswell from the SSW to make surfable waves.
1 hour 2 minutes ago The Pines

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28 km away, 1 h 2 min ago

13 km/h

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15.6

Air / Water (°C)

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Information about the The Pines Surf forecast

The above surf forecast table for The Pines provides essential information for determining whether the surfing conditions will be good over the next 12 days. A general guide to surfing at The Pines can be found by selecting the local surf guide option on the grey menu. Our The Pines surf forecast is unique since it includes wave energy (power) that defines the real feel of the surf rather than just the height or the period. If you surf the same spot (The Pines) regularly then make a mental note of the wave energy from the surf forecast table each time you go. Very soon you may start to choose your surf days based on the wave energy alone combined with our forecast of favourable offshore wind conditions. Our star ratings will help here and of course you will also find the usual wave height and period predictions on our surf forecasts as well as a full break down of the swell components under our advanced users option (to reveal that, click the little Einstein character under the tide times).

Further information to help with frequently asked questions about our surf forecast for The Pines may be found under the help tab on the top menu and also by moving your mouse over the question marks on the surf forecast table itself. Please always bear in mind that the forecast is for near-shore open water and local factors at each surf break influence the actual breaking wave height, such as the beach / reef profile, water depths offshore and shelter.