Check the Beach

Bales Beach

South Australia, Australia

Bales Beach 2 photos

  • Bales Bay looking east

    Bales Bay looking east. Wikipedian, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source

  • Bales Bay looking west

    Bales Bay looking west. Wikipedian, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 6 pm to sunset, sunset 7:43 pm
6 am
4.2
15 km/h9 mph wind, Fair
7 am
6.0
13 km/h8 mph wind, Good
8 am
4.7
17 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
9 am
4.1
18 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
10 am
4.4
15 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
11 am
3.7
15 km/h9 mph wind, Poor
12 pm
3.9
15 km/h9 mph wind, Poor
1 pm
4.1
15 km/h9 mph wind, Fair
2 pm
4.1
15 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
3 pm
4.7
13 km/h8 mph wind, Fair
4 pm
5.9
12 km/h8 mph wind, Good
5 pm
6.3
12 km/h8 mph wind, Good
6 pm
6.1
14 km/h9 mph wind, Good
7 pm
6.2
10 km/h6 mph wind, Good

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

Where to stay near the beach

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Forecast, hour by hour

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

Air
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Water
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Wind
— km/hmph
Gusts
— km/hmph
Waves
—
UV
—
Tide
rising
Rain
—
Sunset
7:43 pm
Today
4.2Fair6 am159
6.0Good7 am138
4.7Fair8 am1711
4.1Fair9 am1811
4.4Fair10 am1510
3.7Poor11 am159
3.9Poor12 pm159
4.1Fair1 pm159
4.1Fair2 pm1510
4.7Fair3 pm138
5.9Good4 pm128
6.3Good5 pm128
6.1Good6 pm149
6.2Good7 pm106
Sat
3.8Poor6 am117
3.5Poor7 am96
3.6Poor8 am138
4.0Fair9 am159
4.1Fair10 am1711
3.9Poor11 am1510
4.0Fair12 pm127
1.9Poor1 pm128
3.4Poor2 pm1710
3.0Poor3 pm1811
2.6Poor4 pm2113
1.8Poor5 pm2214
1.3Poor6 pm2113
1.8Poor7 pm2213
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 11 pm, 0.3 m. Low at 6 am, -0.1 m. High at 11 am, 0.3 mHigh 11 pm, 0.3 m1 ftLow 6 am, -0.1 m<1 ftHigh 11 am, 0.3 m1 ftNow12 am6 am12 pm
  • High 11 pm, 0.3 m1 ft
  • Low 6 am, -0.1 m<1 ft
  • High 11 am, 0.3 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.

  • Sun4.5 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 28 km/h17 mph, rain 56%
  • Mon4.7 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 18 km/h11 mph, rain 51%
  • Tue6.2 GoodBest 6 pm to 8 pmWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 21%
  • Wed6.4 GoodBest 6 am to 8 pmWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 16%
  • Thu4.8 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 16 km/h10 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 airport
35 km22 miKingscote Airport (KGC)

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

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