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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Sunday 19 Apr 2026 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
18.8° 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 6AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 02:30am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)18s
Afternoon (19 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)18s
Evening (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
2
3
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)121212181818161616121215141414141413131313141717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16711489123154152179229101448654611084124769921064103691982183484672214841467
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
10
WNW
15
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
ESE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcrosscross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:50AM
0.55
3:05PM
1.38
3:02AM
0.47
3:29PM
1.39
3:09AM
0.42
3:54PM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:38PM
-0.01
8:08AM
0.00
10:10PM
0.03
8:19AM
-0.03
10:42PM
0.10
8:32AM
-0.05
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise---6:50-------6:52-------6:52----
Sunset-----5:57-------5:55-------5:54--
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242118171616151514141414141415161617182025272828
Feels °C (?)201917151312111110111213131314141415161621242424
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