Encounter Reef Weather Forecast
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- 27
Shower or two
- 13
- 21
Cloud clearing
- 13
- 22
Partly cloudy
- 15
- 22
Becoming windy. Mostly sunny
- 14
- 23
Partly cloudy
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- 27
Possible shower
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- 27
Shower or two
Today 22 Feb Mount Lofty Ranges
Cloudy. High chance of showers, becoming less likely late this afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm during the morning and afternoon, possibly severe with damaging winds and heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding near the Barossa Valley in the late morning and afternoon. Light winds becoming west to southwesterly 20 to 30 km/h in the middle of the day then turning southerly 25 to 35 km/h in the late morning and early afternoon. Daytime maximum temperatures in the mid to high 20s.
South Central Coastal Waters
- Wind
- West to northwesterly 15 to 20 knots shifting southerly in the morning. Winds reaching up to 25 knots west of Kangaroo Island in the late morning.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning.
- 1st Swell
- Southwesterly 2 metres, increasing to 2 to 3 metres during the afternoon.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 70% chance of showers in the morning and early afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm this morning.
- Weather Situation
- A trough and cold front will move across the south today. A tropical low pressure system centred over the southeast of the NT extends a trough into the northeast of SA. The low and trough are expected to remain slow-moving next week and another ridge will extend across waters to the south of SA.
Encounter Reef Temperature Statistics View More
February Temperature
Encounter Bay (2km)
Lowest 3 February, 2026
7.1 °CAverage February
18.7 °CHighest 16 February, 2026
35.9 °C
Climate (2021–Present)
Encounter Bay (2km)
Average Low 2021–2026
10.4 °CAverage 2021–2026
15.2 °CAverage High 2021–2026
20.7 °C