Surf Climatology
Best Time to Surf Pennington Bay
Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Pennington Bay is a surf break in Kangaroo Island, 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 Pennington Bay is Jul & Sep, when the average offshore swell is at its biggest.
Peak surf season: Jul & Sep.
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: 5.8ft average swell at 8.7 s from the SSW.
Feb: 6.4ft average swell at 8.7 s from the SSW.
Mar: 6.4ft average swell at 9.3 s from the SSW.
Apr: 6.4ft average swell at 9.2 s from the SW.
May: 6.9ft average swell at 9.4 s from the SW.
Jun: 7.2ft average swell at 9.2 s from the SW.
Jul: 7.3ft average swell at 9.7 s from the SW.
Aug: 7.3ft average swell at 9.6 s from the SW.
Sep: 7.7ft average swell at 9.6 s from the SW.
Oct: 6.8ft average swell at 9 s from the SW.
Nov: 6.9ft average swell at 9.1 s from the SSW.
Dec: 6.3ft average swell at 8.8 s from the SW.
Offshore significant wave height (Hs) from Open-Meteo ERA5 reanalysis, 2022–2024, at -36.0°, 137.5°.
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