Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
Marine Wind Warning Summary for South Australia
Issued at 09:30 PM CDT on Wednesday 28 January 2026
for the period until midnight CDT Thursday 29 January 2026
Wind Warnings for Wednesday 28 January
Strong Wind Warning for the following areas:
Adelaide Metropolitan Waters, Far West Coast, Upper West Coast, Lower West Coast, Spencer Gulf, Gulf St Vincent, Investigator Strait and Upper South East Coast
Wind Warnings for Thursday 29 January
Strong Wind Warning for the following areas:
Adelaide Metropolitan Waters, Far West Coast, Upper West Coast, Lower West Coast, Central Coast, South Central Coast, Spencer Gulf, Gulf St Vincent, Investigator Strait, Upper South East Coast and Lower South East Coast
The next marine wind warning summary will be issued by 3:40 am CDT Thursday.
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Check the latest Coastal Waters Forecast or Local
Waters Forecast at http://www.bom.gov.au/sa/forecasts/map.shtml for information on wind,
wave and weather conditions for these coastal zones.
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Forecast
Island Beach (35.7995°S, 137.8034°E, 3m AMSL) Island Beach,SA set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Island Beach 7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Winds SE 25 to 40 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to around 16 with daytime temperatures reaching 23 to 28.
Forecast for Island Beach (35.7995°S, 137.8034°E, 3m AMSL) Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Summary 
Minimum 17° 18° 17° 14° 12° 13° 12° Maximum 26° 28° 24° 22° 22° 29° 27° Chance of rain 30% 30% 30% 30% 5% 20% 5% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating High High High High - - - Frost risk Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm Wind speed 30
(km/h)35
(km/h)26
(km/h)33
(km/h)31
(km/h)37
(km/h)29
(km/h)37
(km/h)27
(km/h)31
(km/h)15
(km/h)19
(km/h)14
(km/h)25
(km/h)Wind direction SSE SSE SSE SSE S S S S SE SSE S SE S SSW Relative humidity 69% 48% 69% 49% 78% 61% 65% 50% 60% 45% 68% 35% 63% 42% Dew point 15°C 15°C 16°C 17°C 17°C 16°C 11°C 11°C 9°C 10°C 14°C 12°C 12°C 13°C First light 6:06am 6:07am 6:08am 6:09am 6:11am 6:12am 6:13am Sunrise 6:34am 6:35am 6:36am 6:37am 6:38am 6:39am 6:41am Sunset 8:31pm 8:31pm 8:30pm 8:29pm 8:28pm 8:28pm 8:27pm Last light 9:00pm 8:59pm 8:58pm 8:57pm 8:56pm 8:55pm 8:54pm -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Island Beach (35.7995°S, 137.8034°E, 3m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter 6:06am CDT 6:34am CDT 8:31pm CDT 9:00pm CDT 5:35pm CDT 1:57am CDT 
Waxing gibbous
Full moon Feb 02 Last quarter Feb 09 New moon Feb 17 First quarter Feb 24 Island Beach sun & moon times
ThursdayFirst light6:06am
CDTSunrise6:34am
CDTSunset8:31pm
CDTLast light9:00pm
CDTMoon phase
Next OccurrenceMoon riseThu
5:35pm
CDTMoon setThu
1:57am
CDTFull moonFull moon Mon
Feb 02
Last quarterLast quarter Mon
Feb 09
New moonNew moon Tue
Feb 17
First quarterFirst quarter Tue
Feb 24
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Warnings
Weather Warnings
Wed 9:30pm UTC Coastal wind warning SAWed 2:21pm UTC Severe weather advice SAAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:21 PM CDT on Wednesday 28 January 2026
Valid for Wednesday 28 January 2026 to Saturday 31 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
North East Pastoral
Warning for the following areas:
Adelaide Metropolitan, Yorke Peninsula, Riverland, Murraylands, Mid North, Flinders, West Coast, Eastern Eyre Peninsula, North West Pastoral and Mount Lofty Ranges
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell.
Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.
Maximum temperatures broadly in the high thirties to high forties. Overnight minimum temperatures in the high twenties to low thirties across the pastoral areas and in the mid teens to mid twenties otherwise.
Severe to locally extreme heatwave conditions will persist for an extended period, peaking on Wednesday, before gradually easing from the southwest later in the week and over the weekend. Locations likely to be impacted include Adelaide Metropolitan Area, Clare, Jamestown, Leigh Creek, Moomba, Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Renmark, Roxby Downs and the Barossa Valley.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CDT on Thursday 29 January 2026Wed 2:21pm UTC Severe weather advice SAAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:21 PM CDT on Wednesday 28 January 2026
Valid for Wednesday 28 January 2026 to Saturday 31 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
North East Pastoral
Warning for the following areas:
Adelaide Metropolitan, Yorke Peninsula, Riverland, Murraylands, Mid North, Flinders, West Coast, Eastern Eyre Peninsula, North West Pastoral and Mount Lofty Ranges
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell.
Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.
Maximum temperatures broadly in the high thirties to high forties. Overnight minimum temperatures in the high twenties to low thirties across the pastoral areas and in the mid teens to mid twenties otherwise.
Severe to locally extreme heatwave conditions will persist for an extended period, peaking on Wednesday, before gradually easing from the southwest later in the week and over the weekend. Locations likely to be impacted include Adelaide Metropolitan Area, Clare, Jamestown, Leigh Creek, Moomba, Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Renmark, Roxby Downs and the Barossa Valley.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CDT on Thursday 29 January 2026Wed 2:21pm UTC Severe weather advice SAAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:21 PM CDT on Wednesday 28 January 2026
Valid for Wednesday 28 January 2026 to Saturday 31 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
North East Pastoral
Warning for the following areas:
Adelaide Metropolitan, Yorke Peninsula, Riverland, Murraylands, Mid North, Flinders, West Coast, Eastern Eyre Peninsula, North West Pastoral and Mount Lofty Ranges
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell.
Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.
Maximum temperatures broadly in the high thirties to high forties. Overnight minimum temperatures in the high twenties to low thirties across the pastoral areas and in the mid teens to mid twenties otherwise.
Severe to locally extreme heatwave conditions will persist for an extended period, peaking on Wednesday, before gradually easing from the southwest later in the week and over the weekend. Locations likely to be impacted include Adelaide Metropolitan Area, Clare, Jamestown, Leigh Creek, Moomba, Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Renmark, Roxby Downs and the Barossa Valley.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CDT on Thursday 29 January 2026Wed 2:21pm UTC Severe weather advice SAAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:21 PM CDT on Wednesday 28 January 2026
Valid for Wednesday 28 January 2026 to Saturday 31 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
North East Pastoral
Warning for the following areas:
Adelaide Metropolitan, Yorke Peninsula, Riverland, Murraylands, Mid North, Flinders, West Coast, Eastern Eyre Peninsula, North West Pastoral and Mount Lofty Ranges
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell.
Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.
Maximum temperatures broadly in the high thirties to high forties. Overnight minimum temperatures in the high twenties to low thirties across the pastoral areas and in the mid teens to mid twenties otherwise.
Severe to locally extreme heatwave conditions will persist for an extended period, peaking on Wednesday, before gradually easing from the southwest later in the week and over the weekend. Locations likely to be impacted include Adelaide Metropolitan Area, Clare, Jamestown, Leigh Creek, Moomba, Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Renmark, Roxby Downs and the Barossa Valley.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CDT on Thursday 29 January 2026Wed 2:21pm UTC Severe weather advice SAAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:21 PM CDT on Wednesday 28 January 2026
Valid for Wednesday 28 January 2026 to Saturday 31 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
North East Pastoral
Warning for the following areas:
Adelaide Metropolitan, Yorke Peninsula, Riverland, Murraylands, Mid North, Flinders, West Coast, Eastern Eyre Peninsula, North West Pastoral and Mount Lofty Ranges
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell.
Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.
Maximum temperatures broadly in the high thirties to high forties. Overnight minimum temperatures in the high twenties to low thirties across the pastoral areas and in the mid teens to mid twenties otherwise.
Severe to locally extreme heatwave conditions will persist for an extended period, peaking on Wednesday, before gradually easing from the southwest later in the week and over the weekend. Locations likely to be impacted include Adelaide Metropolitan Area, Clare, Jamestown, Leigh Creek, Moomba, Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Renmark, Roxby Downs and the Barossa Valley.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CDT on Thursday 29 January 2026Wed 2:21pm UTC Severe weather advice SAAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:21 PM CDT on Wednesday 28 January 2026
Valid for Wednesday 28 January 2026 to Saturday 31 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
North East Pastoral
Warning for the following areas:
Adelaide Metropolitan, Yorke Peninsula, Riverland, Murraylands, Mid North, Flinders, West Coast, Eastern Eyre Peninsula, North West Pastoral and Mount Lofty Ranges
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell.
Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.
Maximum temperatures broadly in the high thirties to high forties. Overnight minimum temperatures in the high twenties to low thirties across the pastoral areas and in the mid teens to mid twenties otherwise.
Severe to locally extreme heatwave conditions will persist for an extended period, peaking on Wednesday, before gradually easing from the southwest later in the week and over the weekend. Locations likely to be impacted include Adelaide Metropolitan Area, Clare, Jamestown, Leigh Creek, Moomba, Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Renmark, Roxby Downs and the Barossa Valley.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CDT on Thursday 29 January 2026Wed 2:21pm UTC Severe weather advice SAAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:21 PM CDT on Wednesday 28 January 2026
Valid for Wednesday 28 January 2026 to Saturday 31 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
North East Pastoral
Warning for the following areas:
Adelaide Metropolitan, Yorke Peninsula, Riverland, Murraylands, Mid North, Flinders, West Coast, Eastern Eyre Peninsula, North West Pastoral and Mount Lofty Ranges
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell.
Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.
Maximum temperatures broadly in the high thirties to high forties. Overnight minimum temperatures in the high twenties to low thirties across the pastoral areas and in the mid teens to mid twenties otherwise.
Severe to locally extreme heatwave conditions will persist for an extended period, peaking on Wednesday, before gradually easing from the southwest later in the week and over the weekend. Locations likely to be impacted include Adelaide Metropolitan Area, Clare, Jamestown, Leigh Creek, Moomba, Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Renmark, Roxby Downs and the Barossa Valley.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CDT on Thursday 29 January 2026Wed 2:21pm UTC Severe weather advice SAAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:21 PM CDT on Wednesday 28 January 2026
Valid for Wednesday 28 January 2026 to Saturday 31 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
North East Pastoral
Warning for the following areas:
Adelaide Metropolitan, Yorke Peninsula, Riverland, Murraylands, Mid North, Flinders, West Coast, Eastern Eyre Peninsula, North West Pastoral and Mount Lofty Ranges
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell.
Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.
Maximum temperatures broadly in the high thirties to high forties. Overnight minimum temperatures in the high twenties to low thirties across the pastoral areas and in the mid teens to mid twenties otherwise.
Severe to locally extreme heatwave conditions will persist for an extended period, peaking on Wednesday, before gradually easing from the southwest later in the week and over the weekend. Locations likely to be impacted include Adelaide Metropolitan Area, Clare, Jamestown, Leigh Creek, Moomba, Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Renmark, Roxby Downs and the Barossa Valley.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CDT on Thursday 29 January 2026Wed 4:35am UTC Fire weather warning SAAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
Fire Weather Warning
for West Coast, Mount Lofty Ranges and Murraylands fire weather districts
Issued at 04:35 AM CDT on Wednesday 28 January 2026
Weather Situation
Hot and dry conditions with fresh east to southeasterly winds.
For the rest of Wednesday 28 January:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
West Coast, Mount Lofty Ranges and Murraylands
The Country Fire Service advises you to:
Action your Bushfire Survival Plan now.
Monitor the fire and weather situation through your local radio station, www.cfs.sa.gov.au, and www.bom.gov.au.
Call 000 (Triple Zero) in an emergency.
For information on preparing for bushfires go to www.cfs.sa.gov.au.
No further warnings will be issued for this event, but the situation will continue to be monitored and further warnings issued if necessary.For extended forecasts and greater detail visit weather zone°- Strong Wind Warning Spencer Gulf, Gulf St Vincent, Invest St, Adelaide Waters & Far West, Upper West, Lower West & Upper SE Coasts
- Heatwave Warning South Australia
- Heatwave Warning South Australia
- Heatwave Warning South Australia
- Heatwave Warning South Australia
- Heatwave Warning South Australia
- Heatwave Warning South Australia
- Heatwave Warning South Australia
- Heatwave Warning South Australia
- Fire Weather Warning for West Coast, Mount Lofty Ranges and Murraylands
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Temperature for next 7 days
0 Thursday Thursday 26 1 Friday Friday 28 2 Saturday Saturday 24 3 Sunday Sunday 22 4 Monday Monday 22 5 Tuesday Tuesday 29 6 Wednesday Wednesday 27 7 Wednesday Wednesday 27 -
Rain for next 7 days
0 Thursday Thursday 0 1 Friday Friday 0 2 Saturday Saturday 0 3 Sunday Sunday 0 4 Monday Monday 0 5 Tuesday Tuesday 0 6 Wednesday Wednesday 0 7 Wednesday Wednesday 0
