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Lat Long: 32.02° S 115.52° E

Chicken Reef Surf Photo: 'Small shallow chickens ' by Ollie Whitham

Issued: 7 am 07 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Chicken Reef sea temperature is

19.1° C

0.2°

Chicken Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	E	E	WSW	SW
	13 s	cross- off	4 s	13 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 March at 8 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Chicken Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SE	ESE	WSW	SW
	13 s	cross- on	4 s	13 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 March at 11 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Chicken Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SSW	S	WSW	SW
	13 s	on	3 s	13 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 March at 2 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Chicken Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SSW	SSW	WSW	SW
	13 s	on	4 s	13 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 March at 5 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Chicken Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	S	SSW	WSW	SW
	13 s	cross- on	5 s	13 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 March at 8 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Chicken Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	ESE	SE	SSW	WSW
	13 s	cross	3 s	6 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 March at 11 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Chicken Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	E	ESE	W	SW
	13 s	cross- off	4 s	13 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 March at 2 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Chicken Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	E	E	WSW	SW
	13 s	cross- off	4 s	13 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 March at 5 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Chicken Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	ENE	ENE	WSW	SW
	12 s	cross- off	4 s	12 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 March at 8 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Chicken Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	E	ENE	WSW	SW
	12 s	cross- off	4 s	13 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 March at 11 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Chicken Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	S	ESE	WSW	W
	12 s	cross- on	4 s	12 s	17 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 March at 2 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Chicken Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	S	S	W	SW
	12 s	on	3 s	16 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 March at 5 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Chicken Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	SSE	SSW	W	W
	16 s	cross- on	4 s	16 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 March at 8 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Chicken Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	ESE		W	SSW
	16 s	cross		16 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 March at 11 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Chicken Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	E	ESE	W	SSW
	16 s	cross- off	3 s	16 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 March at 2 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Chicken Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	ENE	E	WSW	SSW
	16 s	cross- off	3 s	16 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 March at 5 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Chicken Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	ENE	E	WSW
	15 s	cross- off	3 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 March at 8 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Chicken Reef around the time the photo was taken

Image captured One hour and 48 minutes before high water (rising neap tide). Tide height was 0.6m (1.9 ft). Range 0.95m (3.1 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Chicken Reef Surf Photo: 'Small shallow chickens ' by Ollie Whitham

Small, shallow crowd less day at chickens rot to

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User: Ollie Whitham (4 photos)

Country: Australia (2655 photos)

Photo taken at: 9:10 am 5 Mar 2015