View the current warnings for South Australia
Forecast issued at 9:38 pm CDT on Saturday 27 December 2025.
Weather Situation
A high pressure system centred near Tasmania maintains a broad ridge over most of South Australia, with a trough crossing the Bight. The high centre moves eastward into the Tasman Sea on Sunday and Monday while the trough builds over central SA and slowly moves eastward. The trough moves into the northeast of SA on Wednesday while a high passes south of the Bight.
Forecast for Saturday until midnight
- Winds
- Southeasterly 10 to 15 knots.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southwesterly 1.5 metres.
- Weather
- Clear.
Sunday 28 December
- Winds
- East to southeasterly about 10 knots tending northeasterly 10 to 15 knots before dawn then turning southeasterly in the afternoon.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre.
- Swell
- Southwesterly 1 to 1.5 metres inshore, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore by early evening.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Monday 29 December
- Winds
- Northeasterly 10 to 15 knots becoming variable about 10 knots in the middle of the day then becoming south to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots in the early afternoon.
- Seas
- Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres by early evening.
- Swell
- Southwesterly 2 to 2.5 metres.
- Weather
- Sunny.
Tuesday 30 December
- Winds
- Southerly 20 to 30 knots.
- Seas
- 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the morning.
- 1st Swell
- Southwesterly 1.5 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- 2nd Swell
- Southeast to southwesterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Weather
- Cloudy.
Please be awareWind and wave forecasts are averages. Wind gusts can be 40 per cent stronger than the forecast, and stronger still in squalls and thunderstorms. Maximum waves can be twice the forecast height.
Nearby Coastal Waters
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- This forecast is also available via scheduled broadcasts on marine radio.
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The next routine forecast will be issued at 3:40 am CDT Sunday.
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