Adelaide Surf

Detailed Adelaide surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Adelaide. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Adelaide. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Adelaide over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Adelaide and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Adelaide Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Adelaide Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Adelaide coastline are also listed below.

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	Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Adelaide	Knights SA - East Coast	Goolwa Rivermouth SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Parsons Beach SA - Adelaide	Knights SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Parsons Beach SA - Adelaide	Bullies SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Victor Harbour (Shark Alley) SA - East Coast	Waitpinga SA - Adelaide
Rating	2	1	1	1	3	4	4	3	2	3	4	5	4	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	13	12	20	17	16	15	14	14	13	16	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	19	17
Energy	227	183	190	167	605	2086	1478	522	424	981	1355	3229	1303	768	888	648	590	473	284	342	666	979
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	11:41AM 0.95	12:42PM 0.54	11:13PM 0.85	11:54AM 1.10		11:42PM 0.80	12:15PM 1.23	1:13PM 0.56	12:05AM 0.75		12:40PM 1.35	12:20AM 0.69		2:18PM 0.70	12:26AM 0.65		1:38PM 1.46	12:11AM 0.63		3:11PM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)				4:24AM 0.51	6:13PM 0.62		4:35AM 0.48		7:13PM 0.59	4:48AM 0.44		8:12PM 0.59	5:03AM 0.38		9:17PM 0.60	5:21AM 0.32		10:47PM 0.63	7:41AM 0.06			6:24AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	10	4	1	2	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	19	20	22	19	22	15	16	18	18	16	18	17	15	17	17	15	16	15	14	15
Low °C	18	22	17	17	20	18	17	15	15	15	16	15	16	16	14	15	16	14	15	15	13	14
Chill °C (?)	21	22	19	20	22	19	22	13	15	18	18	16	18	17	15	17	17	15	15	13	13	14
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	12	20	16	16	15	14	14	13	16	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	1.6 WSW	0.2 WNW	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	7	16	12	17	16	4	4	14	17	16	4	-	-	24	21	20	20	18	19	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	0.4 NW	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 N	0.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	3	3	3	4	4	-	3	3	3	3	4	-	-	-	-	3	-	5	-	-

	Wednesday 13								Thursday 14								Friday 15
	0:30AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	9:30AM	12:30PM	3:30PM	6:30PM	9:30PM	0:30AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	9:30AM	12:30PM	3:30PM	6:30PM	9:30PM	0:30AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	9:30AM	12:30PM	3:30PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Adelaide	Goolwa Rivermouth SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Boomer Beach SA - East Coast	Goolwa Rivermouth SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Goolwa Rivermouth SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Goolwa Beach SA - East Coast	Parsons Beach SA - Adelaide
Rating	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	21	20	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	15
Energy	578	285	239	227	205	183	188	180	190	149	176	167	315	605	1077	2078	2086	1791	1768	1478	1318	522
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	10:03PM 0.51				11:41AM 0.95	12:42PM 0.54			11:13PM 0.85				11:54AM 1.10				11:42PM 0.80					1:13PM 0.56
Low Tide / height (m)			4:16AM 0.53				5:04PM 0.67				4:24AM 0.51								4:35AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	4
Temp. °C	19	18	18	18	21	22	21	19	17	17	17	17	20	22	20	18	18	19	18	17	22	15
Chill °C (?)	19	18	18	18	21	22	21	19	17	17	17	17	20	22	20	18	18	19	18	17	22	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	20	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	16	16	16	12	-	17	17	16	16	16	15	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NNE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	2	3	3	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	-

	Tue		Wednesday 13
	10:30PM	11:30PM	0:30AM	1:30AM	2:30AM	3:30AM	4:30AM	5:30AM	6:30AM	7:30AM	8:30AM	9:30AM	10:30AM	11:30AM	12:30PM	1:30PM	2:30PM	3:30PM	4:30PM	5:30PM	6:30PM	7:30PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Adelaide	Bullies SA - East Coast	Goolwa Rivermouth SA - East Coast	Goolwa Rivermouth SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Boomer Beach SA - East Coast	Pennington Bay SA - Kangaroo Island	Knights SA - East Coast	Boomer Beach SA - East Coast	Goolwa Rivermouth SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast
Rating	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s)	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy	442	733	578	421	291	285	273	251	239	237	232	227	224	208	186	202	212	183	204	191	188	185
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)							4:16AM 0.53													5:04PM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	19	20	20	22	22	22	22	22	21	20
Chill °C (?)	19	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	19	20	20	22	22	22	22	22	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	13	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	17	17	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	3	3	3	3