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Surf Climatology

Best Time to Surf Parsons Beach

Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia

Parsons Beach is a surf break in Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia, and this page shows the time of year when it usually gets the most surf. The figures are three years of offshore wave data, 2022 to 2024, averaged month by month at the nearest offshore point. The peak surf season at Parsons Beach is Sep & Nov, when the average offshore swell is at its biggest.

Peak surf season: Sep & Nov.

Based on the 3-year average offshore wave height, 2022–2024.

Best time to visit

3-year monthly avg · offshore significant wave height · 2022–2024

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Peak monthsThis monthOff-peakTap a bar for details.
Jan: 4.6ft average swell at 7.7 s from the SSW.
Feb: 5.0ft average swell at 8.3 s from the SSW.
Mar: 5.1ft average swell at 8.7 s from the SSW.
Apr: 4.9ft average swell at 8.9 s from the SSW.
May: 5.0ft average swell at 8.9 s from the SSW.
Jun: 4.9ft average swell at 8.9 s from the SSW.
Jul: 4.7ft average swell at 9.1 s from the SSW.
Aug: 4.7ft average swell at 9 s from the SSW.
Sep: 5.3ft average swell at 9.1 s from the SSW.
Oct: 4.9ft average swell at 8.3 s from the SSW.
Nov: 5.5ft average swell at 8.5 s from the SSW.
Dec: 4.9ft average swell at 8 s from the SSW.

Offshore significant wave height (Hs) from Open-Meteo ERA5 reanalysis, 2022–2024, at -35.5°, 138.5°.

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