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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 ACST
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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
15.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


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

The current surf forecast for Thistle Island (False Creek) at 11PM is: 2.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 2.0m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)--
Afternoon (17 Sep)--
Evening (17 Sep)8ft (2.5m)13s

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

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Wed
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
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2
2
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
Period(s) (?)13131312121211121212121212121291012141413141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27222103164512849186987946719289239237869077001776140527313887580855648168471842946052
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
20
NNW
15
N
20
N
30
N
35
N
30
NNW
30
WNW
25
W
20
W
20
W
30
WNW
35
WNW
45
W
50
W
50
WSW
50
WSW
45
SW
40
SW
35
WSW
40
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
35
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:24PM
0.91
2:43AM
0.56
12:59PM
0.96
2:17AM
0.66
1:28PM
0.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:28PM
0.05
8:09PM
0.05
6:38AM
0.43
8:04PM
0.03
7:17AM
0.30
Wed
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise-----6:22-------6:20-------6:18--
Sunset6:16-------6:17-------6:19-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------1--------
Temp. °C141312121315212116151414141415131313121212121313
Feels °C (?)109877714141212119755323333566
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for SA - Eyre Peninsula

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Thistle Island (False Creek) (moderate winds from the N at Neptune Island Lighthouse 41 km from Thistle Island (False Creek)). 1.9m 13s groundswell from the SSW with a 1.8m 13s groundswell from the SW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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41 km away, 40 min ago

28 km/h
N
0.0
15.0
Air / Water (°C)
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