Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Thistle Island (False Creek) today (26 Jul):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Jul, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 12s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 12s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Thistle Island (False Creek) at 8PM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30pm July 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (ACST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (26 Jul) | - | - |
| Afternoon (26 Jul) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 12s |
| Evening (26 Jul) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Thistle Island (False Creek). (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 16°C on Mon morning, min 12°C on Tue afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Sun afternoon, strong winds from the NW by Mon afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sun 26 | Monday 27 | Tuesday 28 | ||||||||||||||||||
12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 11 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 13 | SSW 13 | W 9 | WSW 11 | W 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 12 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 694 | 768 | 594 | 533 | 515 | 371 | 368 | 933 | 599 | 723 | 1518 | 3741 | 2734 | 1607 | 3365 | 4153 | 4351 | 5233 | 5730 | 11010 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on |
High Tide | 2:49AM0.40m | 1:09PM1.11m | 2:36AM0.44m | 1:41PM1.18m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:37PM0.08m | 5:40AM0.36m | 8:48PM0.03m | 6:36AM0.28m | 9:03PM-0.00m | |||||||||||||||
 | |  |  | | | | | |  | |  |  | |  |  | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 5:38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:39 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Feels °C | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 11 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 13 | SSW 13 | SW 11 | S 10 | WSW 12 | SW 12 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SW 15 | — | — | SW 14 |
| kJ | 694 | 768 | 594 | 533 | 515 | 371 | 368 | 933 | 599 | 380 | 2 | 2034 | 1903 | 644 | 1929 | 1339 | 2148 | — | — | 11010 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 11 | S 11 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SSW 15 | SW 14 | SSW 14 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 | S 10 | NNE 4 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 42 | 2 | 176 | 176 | 154 | 293 | 332 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 193 | 208 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SSE 11 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | — | S 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | 41 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | NNE 2 | N 3 | NNW 4 | WNW 8 | W 9 | WSW 11 | W 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 12 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 19 | 348 | 723 | 1518 | 3741 | 2734 | 1607 | 3365 | 4153 | 4351 | 5233 | 5730 | 6396 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 39 | 39 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 135 | 237 | 548 | 548 | 240 | 244 | 238 | 238 | 238 | 1117 | 1326 | 1265 | 795 | 807 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Eyre Peninsula | ||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Thistle Island (False Creek) surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest