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Picnic Beach

The District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia

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

Today at a glance

Calmest: 5 pm to sunset, sunset 7:49 pm
7 am
4.0
18 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
8 am
4.2
17 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
9 am
4.4
17 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
10 am
4.5
16 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
11 am
6.2
17 km/h10 mph wind, Good
12 pm
6.1
19 km/h12 mph wind, Good
1 pm
6.4
20 km/h13 mph wind, Good
2 pm
6.5
22 km/h14 mph wind, Good
3 pm
5.8
25 km/h16 mph wind, Good
4 pm
5.3
28 km/h17 mph wind, Fair
5 pm
5.3
27 km/h17 mph wind, Fair
6 pm
5.1
27 km/h17 mph wind, Fair
7 pm
5.0
25 km/h16 mph wind, Fair

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
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Water
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Wind
— km/hmph
Gusts
— km/hmph
Waves
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UV
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Tide
falling
Rain
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Sunset
7:49 pm
Today
4.0Fair7 am1811
4.2Fair8 am1711
4.4Fair9 am1711
4.5Fair10 am1610
6.2Good11 am1710
6.1Good12 pm1912
6.4Good1 pm2013
6.5Good2 pm2214
5.8Good3 pm2516
5.3Fair4 pm2817
5.3Fair5 pm2717
5.1Fair6 pm2717
5.0Fair7 pm2516
Sat
3.7Poor7 am1811
3.8Poor8 am1711
4.5Fair9 am159
5.1Fair10 am149
5.8Good11 am128
5.5Good12 pm1610
4.5Fair1 pm2516
2.7Poor2 pm3622
2.0Poor3 pm3522
1.4Poor4 pm3622
1.1Poor5 pm3220
1.3Poor6 pm3119
1.3Poor7 pm2817
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 12 am, 0.5 m. Low at 6 am, -0.2 m. High at 12 pm, 0.4 mLow 6 pm, -0.2 m<1 ftHigh 12 am, 0.5 m1 ftLow 6 am, -0.2 m<1 ftHigh 12 pm, 0.4 m1 ftNow11 pm5 am11 am
  • Low 6 pm, -0.2 m<1 ft
  • High 12 am, 0.5 m1 ft
  • Low 6 am, -0.2 m<1 ft
  • High 12 pm, 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.

  • Sun5.1 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 28 km/h17 mph, rain 43%
  • Mon5.5 GoodBest 7 pm to 8 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 45%
  • Tue6.2 GoodBest 10 am to 2 pmWind up to 22 km/h13 mph, rain 20%
  • Wed6.3 GoodBest 11 am to 2 pmWind up to 26 km/h16 mph, rain 6%
  • Thu5.9 GoodBest 11 am to 4 pmWind up to 22 km/h14 mph, rain 21%

Beach info

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Facilities

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Getting there

Nearest airport
74 km46 miPort Lincoln Airport (PLO)

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