Chinamans surf break

Chinamans surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 05 Nov 2025 ACDT
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Chinamans surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Chinamans sea temperature is
16.5° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Chinamans today?

The current surf forecast for Chinamans at 10AM is: 0.9m 19s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:30am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Nov)3ft (0.9m)19s
Afternoon (05 Nov)4ft (1.2m)18s
Evening (05 Nov)5ft (1.6m)17s

Table - waves today at Chinamans. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
3
3
3
2
3
3
4
4
4
1
0
1
3
1
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.3
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)111912191818171616161615151414141414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7452192526608710881105013811446129712651039924825659641541596681801846111010301155
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
15
SW
10
SW
10
SE
15
ENE
15
NE
5
E
10
NE
35
NNE
40
NNE
25
N
10
WNW
30
NW
15
W
15
WSW
25
SSW
30
S
35
S
40
S
35
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:15AM
0.96
2:29PM
0.48
2:42AM
1.09
2:55PM
0.44
3:14AM
1.17
3:19PM
0.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:06AM
0.04
7:47PM
0.05
9:43AM
0.00
8:08PM
-0.01
10:20AM
0.01
8:32PM
-0.05
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Sunrise--6:16-------6:15-------6:13-----
Sunset------7:54-------7:55-------7:57-
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------11------
Temp. °C131313131314141314141516202222191817161616151413
Feels °C (?)7889911121112111414131417181416141210865
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