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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	Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tue
	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	Knights SA - East Coast	Pennington Bay SA - Kangaroo Island	Bullies SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Goolwa Rivermouth SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Boomer Beach SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Petrel Cove SA - East Coast
Rating	3	3	2	1	1	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	16	14	14	13	12	19	16	16	15	14	14	17	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	11
Energy	647	505	430	200	211	190	237	853	1097	1581	704	471	671	1663	2069	1210	859	783	680	581	478	443
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:44AM 0.82	12:42PM 0.44	10:35PM 0.87			11:13PM 0.85	11:54AM 1.10		11:42PM 0.80	12:15PM 1.23	1:28PM 0.77	12:05AM 0.75		12:40PM 1.35	12:20AM 0.69		1:09PM 1.43	12:26AM 0.65		1:38PM 1.46	12:11AM 0.63
Low Tide / height (m)		4:31PM 0.40		7:44AM 0.57	5:04PM 0.67		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	5:43AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	3	2	4	17	9	1	-	-
High °C	19	19	18	20	22	19	21	21	18	21	17	17	20	23	16	19	17	15	16	16	15	15
Low °C	15	19	17	19	20	16	17	20	17	17	16	16	16	20	15	17	15	14	15	16	13	14
Chill °C (?)	19	19	18	20	22	19	21	21	18	21	16	16	20	23	16	19	16	14	16	15	13	14
Sunrise	7:00	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05
Sunset	-	5:21	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	16	14	14	13	12	19	16	16	15	14	14	17	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	1.3 SW	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	20	18	9	8	8	7	16	12	16	16	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	24	24	21	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.3 E	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	0.5 N	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	-	-	3	3	3	3	8	3	3	3	3	3	-	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13								Thursday 14
	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	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	Bullies SA - East Coast	Goolwa Rivermouth SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Pennington Bay SA - Kangaroo Island	Knights SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Pennington Bay SA - Kangaroo Island	Bullies SA - East Coast
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	20	19
Energy	524	531	519	647	622	612	629	442	578	286	244	229	205	157	173	180	190	149	177	237	750	853
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	9:34PM 0.88				11:44AM 0.82				10:03PM 0.51				11:41AM 0.95	2:18PM 1.02			11:13PM 0.85
Low Tide / height (m)			4:14AM 0.54				3:31PM 0.73				4:16AM 0.53				5:04PM 0.67				4:24AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	15	15	19	19	18	18	19	17	17	18	21	20	20	19	18	17	16	17	19	21
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	15	19	19	18	18	19	17	17	18	21	20	20	19	18	17	16	17	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	20	19
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	20	19	18	18	17	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	16	16	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.3 E	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	3	-	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	8

	Mon		Tuesday 12
	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	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	Bullies SA - East Coast	Goolwa Rivermouth SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Pennington Bay SA - Kangaroo Island	Knights SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Bullies SA - East Coast	Knights SA - East Coast	Pennington Bay SA - Kangaroo Island	Bullies SA - East Coast
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 S	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	19	13	13	13	13	13	13	17	13
Energy	495	603	524	561	530	531	583	580	525	541	710	647	638	363	622	667	623	612	649	642	310	620
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	9:34PM 0.88														11:44AM 0.82
Low Tide / height (m)							4:14AM 0.54												3:31PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	26	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-