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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 08 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 1.6°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 8PM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)--
Afternoon (08 Jan)5ft (1.6m)15s
Evening (08 Jan)5ft (1.5m)14s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
2
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
2
SW
2.2
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)15151414141413131313131212811121313131312121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1174108710579349088577217006898161044118813588392183417046504107380248553750214216651242
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
WNW
10
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on		glassglasscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:00PM
0.66
4:10AM
0.96
4:43PM
0.72
4:24AM
0.90
5:30PM
0.77
4:31AM
0.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:51AM
0.39
8:52PM
0.35
10:56AM
0.36
9:23PM
0.47
11:09AM
0.35
9:43PM
0.61
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise------6:09-------6:09-------6:11-
Sunset--8:34-------8:34-------8:34-----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C272819171819212526262119161616171818171616151617
Feels °C (?)262717171920212324221716111010101112121112111212
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