Thistle Island (False Creek) surfForecast / SA – Eyre Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 20 Feb 2026 ACDT
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Thistle Island (False Creek) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Thistle Island (False Creek) sea temperature is
19.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Thistle Island (False Creek) today?

The current surf forecast for Thistle Island (False Creek) at 1AM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:30pm February 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (21 Feb)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (21 Feb)5ft (1.5m)12s

Table - waves today at Thistle Island (False Creek). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
3
1
2
3
3
1
3
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SW
2.1
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)141413131313131312121213131313131214131616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)187916721405109388887577276078468079789087677814521207967975142733193559407343124258
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
20
SSE
20
SE
20
E
25
ESE
15
E
15
NE
10
NNE
10
W
15
NNW
10
NW
10
W
15
WNW
20
W
35
SSW
40
S
35
S
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
20
SE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:44AM
0.90
5:16PM
1.05
4:58AM
0.76
5:41PM
1.09
5:02AM
0.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:57PM
0.08
10:55AM
-0.02
11:33PM
0.14
11:01AM
-0.01
12:11AM
0.24
11:03AM
-0.00
Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise-----7:03-------7:05-------7:05--
Sunset8:14-------8:13-------8:12-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------1---------
Temp. °C181818181819202222222221212018171717171716161617
Feels °C (?)141616161518192221212321201913101011111111111213
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