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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 26 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 4PM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:30am February 26). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Afternoon (26 Feb)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (26 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
01
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414131313131212121212121211111111111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)107310058938807966305295134583905224444442892703432802301861831431359088
Wind
(km/h)
35
ESE
40
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
S
20
S
20
SE
15
E
5
ENE
10
E
15
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
15
N
15
N
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:32PM
0.85
1:30AM
0.95
5:13PM
0.50
2:10AM
1.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:34AM
-0.01
10:12AM
-0.00
9:55AM
-0.00
6:54PM
0.49
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
01
Sunrise-7:07-------7:09-------7:09------
Sunset----8:07-------8:06-------8:05---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171719212219181819202120212220202020212122222222
Feels °C (?)111113161714151517192018192120222121212224242324
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