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The Spit, Australia, Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

The Spit in Yorke Peninsula is an exposed point break that usually has waves, although summer tends to be mostly flat. Works best in offshore winds from the east. Groundswells are more common than windswells and the ideal swell direction is from the southwest. A left hand reef. Best around mid tide. Even when there are waves, it's not likley to be crowded. Watch out for rips, rocks, sharks and isolation.

The Spit break location map and break info

This is the surf forecast page for The Spit, SA - Yorke Peninsula. Use the tab navigation above to view The Spit sea temperature, The Spit photographs, The Spit detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, The Spit webcams, current wind from SA - Yorke Peninsula live weather stations and The Spit tide predictions. The Australia swell maps link will open up the big picture showing Australia and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from Australia wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Our wavefinder tool will be available soon to help you locate the best surf conditions in the area around The Spit. In the meantime, check out the forecasts for other SA - Yorke Peninsula surf breaks near to The Spit to make the most of forecast wind and wave directions.

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Use this relief map to navigate to SA - Yorke Peninsula surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of The Spit

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to The Spit: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Salmon Hole	5 mi
Second closest break	Baby Lizards	6 mi
Third closest break	Daly Heads	6 mi
Fourth closest break	Pondalowie Bay	10 mi
Fifth closest break	Rhino Head	12 mi
Wave buoys nearest to The Spit:
Closest wave buoy	W Hawaii Buoy	5582 mi
Second closest wave buoy	SW Hawaii Buoy	5633 mi
Third closest wave buoy	NW Hawaii Buoy	5713 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	NW Hawaii Buoy	5766 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	N Hawaii 1 Buoy	6128 mi
Tide stations nearest to The Spit:
Closest tide station	Pondalowie Bay, Australia	12 mi
Second closest tide station	Stenhouse Bay, Australia	12 mi
Third closest tide station	Wedge Island, Australia	22 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Port Turton, Australia	26 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Thistle Island, Australia	35 mi
Ski Resorts closest to The Spit:
Closest ski area	Mt Donna Buang (Australia)	518 mi
Second closest ski area	Lake Mountain (Australia)	525 mi
Third closest ski area	Mount Buller (Australia)	549 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Mt Stirling (Australia)	552 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Mount Baw Baw (Australia)	553 mi
Town and city forecasts close to The Spit:
Closest city location	Kingscote (Australia)	54 mi
Second closest city location	Port Lincoln (Australia)	67 mi
Third closest city location	Rapid Bay (Australia)	76 mi
Fourth closest city location	Wallaroo (Australia)	89 mi
Fifth closest city location	Port Adelaide (Australia)	91 mi

The Spit, Australia, Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

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