Check the Beach

Shell Beach

South Australia, Australia

Today at a glance

Calmest: 7 pm to sunset, sunset 7:46 pm
7 am
6.6
18 km/h11 mph wind, Good
8 am
5.6
14 km/h9 mph wind, Good
9 am
5.7
13 km/h8 mph wind, Good
10 am
5.8
13 km/h8 mph wind, Good
11 am
6.6
12 km/h8 mph wind, Good
12 pm
5.7
15 km/h10 mph wind, Good
1 pm
6.8
13 km/h8 mph wind, Good
2 pm
7.5
16 km/h10 mph wind, Great
3 pm
7.8
20 km/h12 mph wind, Great
4 pm
7.6
21 km/h13 mph wind, Great
5 pm
7.5
21 km/h13 mph wind, Great
6 pm
7.5
21 km/h13 mph wind, Great
7 pm
7.3
21 km/h13 mph wind, Great

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
—
UV
—
Tide
rising
Rain
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Sunset
7:46 pm
Today
6.6Good7 am1811
5.6Good8 am149
5.7Good9 am138
5.8Good10 am138
6.6Good11 am128
5.7Good12 pm1510
6.8Good1 pm138
7.5Great2 pm1610
7.8Great3 pm2012
7.6Great4 pm2113
7.5Great5 pm2113
7.5Great6 pm2113
7.3Great7 pm2113
Sat
5.9Good7 am2012
5.8Good8 am2113
5.6Good9 am1912
5.4Fair10 am1811
5.3Fair11 am138
5.5Good12 pm138
5.1Fair1 pm1610
4.7Fair2 pm2113
2.0Poor3 pm2817
1.8Poor4 pm2918
2.7Poor5 pm3421
2.3Poor6 pm3421
2.2Poor7 pm2817
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 1 am, 0.5 m. Low at 7 am, -0.3 m. High at 1 pm, 0.4 mHigh 1 am, 0.5 m2 ftLow 7 am, -0.3 m1 ftHigh 1 pm, 0.4 m1 ftNow1 am7 am1 pm
  • High 1 am, 0.5 m2 ft
  • Low 7 am, -0.3 m1 ft
  • High 1 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.

  • Sun6.7 GoodBest 4 pm to 8 pmWind up to 28 km/h18 mph, rain 43%
  • Mon7.1 GreatBest 8 am to 11 amWind up to 17 km/h10 mph, rain 59%
  • Tue6.3 GoodBest 7 am to 12 pmWind up to 18 km/h11 mph, rain 29%
  • Wed6.8 GoodBest 6 am to 8 pmWind up to 25 km/h16 mph, rain 8%
  • Thu4.9 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 22 km/h14 mph, rain 25%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest town
3.4 km2.1 miLouth Bay (town)
Nearest airport
7 km4 miPort Lincoln Airport (PLO)

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

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