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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 26 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
20.2° 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 6AM is: 1.5m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:30am January 26). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Afternoon (26 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Evening (26 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
1
1
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)151515141414141313201318181716161615151414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1069100197478568253050137336229930346554154760210311005860711701606500406336
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
0
E
5
NE
10
ESE
10
S
10
S
10
SE
0
NNE
10
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
25
WNW
35
SW
25
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
30
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off		crossononcross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		ononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:13AM
0.83
6:01PM
0.94
2:00AM
0.83
7:04PM
0.96
12:09AM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:12AM
0.35
10:00PM
0.81
10:06AM
0.34
9:03PM
0.94
10:07AM
0.31
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Sunrise--6:26-------6:26-------6:28-----
Sunset------8:28-------8:27-------8:27-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171820303432282527293139272420181717171919191716
Feels °C (?)171818283230272424242735222119181617161715141312
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