Tunkalilla surfForecast / SA – Adelaide / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 ACST
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Tunkalilla surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tunkalilla sea temperature is
14.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tunkalilla today?

The current surf forecast for Tunkalilla at 5AM is: 2.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)8ft (2.4m)14s
Afternoon (17 Sep)7ft (2.2m)14s
Evening (17 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)13s

Table - waves today at Tunkalilla. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
Rating
(10 max)
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4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.4
SSW
1.7
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)161515141414141313121212111112121212121214141212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2911279423942284221619771656140111818746495383633633833844114254164465738118900
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WNW
20
NW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
15
N
20
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
25
NW
30
NW
35
NW
45
WNW
45
WNW
30
WSW
35
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:12AM
1.10
6:39AM
0.90
2:44PM
1.13
4:45AM
0.90
3:19PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:36PM
0.29
10:45PM
0.31
8:59AM
0.88
10:16PM
0.27
9:18AM
0.66
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise---6:13-------6:13-------6:11----
Sunset------6:07-------6:08-------6:09-
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------------2-
Temp. °C121212131314121212111114182019161414131415151212
Feels °C (?)556989999768121615131110877654
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for SA - Adelaide

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Tunkalilla (light winds from the WSW at Mount Terrible Radar 38 km from Tunkalilla). A 3.2m groundswell from the SSW is too big for here

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38 km away, 1 h 14 min ago

7 km/h
WSW
0.0
14.4
Air / Water (°C)
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