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Chicken Run Bashams Beach surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 21 Jan 2026 ACDT
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Chicken Run Bashams Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Chicken Run Bashams Beach sea temperature is
20.0° C
 (Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Chicken Run Bashams Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Chicken Run Bashams Beach at 5PM is: 2.5m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 2.3m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)6ft (1.8m)17s
Afternoon (21 Jan)8ft (2.5m)16s
Evening (21 Jan)5ft (1.6m)16s

Table - waves today at Chicken Run Bashams Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)171716161616151514141414131313131312121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2001195516143062329912571083807785682672635479465388382370325260251239223160126
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
30
S
25
S
35
S
30
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
ESE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
5
NW
5
SSW
10
S
10
NNE
15
NE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassononcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:10PM
0.57
3:27AM
1.12
3:37PM
0.65
3:50AM
1.04
4:07PM
0.73
4:09AM
0.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:13AM
0.26
8:03PM
0.19
10:19AM
0.28
8:39PM
0.24
10:24AM
0.30
9:15PM
0.33
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
Sunrise6:20-------6:22-------6:22-------
Sunset----8:30-------8:30-------8:30---
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161717171514141515161717161515141425303028212223
Feels °C (?)131313119881010111213121212101020272725191818
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