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American Beach

Kangaroo Island Council, South Australia, Australia

No photo of American Beach yet.The forecast, tide and cam below are live.

Today at a glance

Calmest: 5 pm to sunset, sunset 7:40 pm
6 am
6.2
3 km/h2 mph wind, Good
7 am
7.6
12 km/h7 mph wind, Great
8 am
6.6
14 km/h9 mph wind, Good
9 am
5.3
19 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
10 am
5.3
18 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
11 am
5.4
14 km/h9 mph wind, Fair
12 pm
5.3
15 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
1 pm
6.5
17 km/h11 mph wind, Good
2 pm
6.3
18 km/h11 mph wind, Good
3 pm
6.5
17 km/h11 mph wind, Good
4 pm
7.0
16 km/h10 mph wind, Great
5 pm
6.8
15 km/h10 mph wind, Good
6 pm
6.7
15 km/h9 mph wind, Good
7 pm
6.8
16 km/h10 mph wind, Good

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
—
Water
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Wind
— km/hmph
Gusts
— km/hmph
Waves
—
UV
—
Tide
falling
Rain
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Sunset
7:40 pm
Today
6.2Good6 am32
7.6Great7 am127
6.6Good8 am149
5.3Fair9 am1911
5.3Fair10 am1811
5.4Fair11 am149
5.3Fair12 pm1510
6.5Good1 pm1711
6.3Good2 pm1811
6.5Good3 pm1711
7.0Great4 pm1610
6.8Good5 pm1510
6.7Good6 pm159
6.8Good7 pm1610
Sat
6.2Good6 am138
4.8Fair7 am148
5.1Fair8 am149
5.6Good9 am149
5.4Fair10 am1610
5.3Fair11 am1710
5.5Good12 pm1610
5.7Good1 pm106
5.1Fair2 pm117
5.5Good3 pm1811
3.7Poor4 pm2113
3.0Poor5 pm2415
2.5Poor6 pm2616
2.1Poor7 pm2717
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide falling now. Low at 6 pm, -0.2 m. High at 11 pm, 0.4 m. Low at 6 am, -0.2 m. High at 11 am, 0.4 mLow 6 pm, -0.2 m<1 ftHigh 11 pm, 0.4 m1 ftLow 6 am, -0.2 m<1 ftHigh 11 am, 0.4 m1 ftNow11 pm5 am11 am
  • Low 6 pm, -0.2 m<1 ft
  • High 11 pm, 0.4 m1 ft
  • Low 6 am, -0.2 m<1 ft
  • High 11 am, 0.4 m1 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sun4.9 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 27 km/h17 mph, rain 63%
  • Mon6.5 GoodBest 6 am to 11 amWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 69%
  • Tue7.0 GreatBest 6 am to 9 amWind up to 9 km/h5 mph, rain 34%
  • Wed7.1 GreatBest 6 am to 3 pmWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 25%
  • Thu5.4 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 9%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest town
6.6 km4.1 miPenneshaw (village)
Nearest airport
33 km21 miKingscote Airport (KGC)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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