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Chicken Reef

Lat Long: 32.02° S 115.52° E

Chicken Reef Surf Photo: 'chicken mid tide' by paul

Issued: 7 am 18 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Chicken Reef sea temperature is

18.8° C

0.1°

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	SE	ESE	SW	W
	14 s	cross	4 s	14 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 January 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	W
	13 s	on	3 s	14 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 January 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	SW	W
	13 s	on	4 s	13 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 January 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	W
	13 s	cross- on	5 s	14 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 January 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	E		WSW	SSW
	13 s	cross- off		14 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 January 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	WSW	SSW
	13 s	cross- off	3 s	14 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 January 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	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 January 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	E	E	WSW	W
	13 s	cross- off	3 s	13 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 January 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	ESE	ESE	WSW	SW
	13 s	cross	3 s	13 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 January 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	SSE	WSW	W
	13 s	on	3 s	13 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 January 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	SW	W
	12 s	on	4 s	13 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 January 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	SSE	SSW	WSW	W
	12 s	cross- on	6 s	13 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 January 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	E		SSW	SW
	12 s	cross- off		6 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 January 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		SSW	WSW
	12 s	cross- off		7 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 January 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	SE		SSW	SW
	13 s	cross- on		7 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 January 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	SSE	SSW	WSW	SSW
	13 s	cross- on	6 s	14 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 January 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	S	SW	SW	W
	13 s	cross- on	13 s	13 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 January at 11 am

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

Image captured 3 hours and 45 minutes before high water (rising neap tide). Tide height was 0.5m (1.6 ft). Range 0.99m (3.2 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Chicken Reef Surf Photo: 'chicken mid tide' by paul

Mid tide on 1m swell...

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User: paul (2 photos)

Country: Australia (2655 photos)

Photo taken at: 10:43 am 22 Jan 2014