Chinamans surf break

Chinamans surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Sunday 05 Apr 2026 ACST
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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
18.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Chinamans today?

The current surf forecast for Chinamans at 12AM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30pm April 05). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (06 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (06 Apr)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


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Sun
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)121212151514141313121212121515141414141313141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)149147149114114301264253273252175200203273614667943961947859859813810726
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
20
NNE
20
N
15
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
S
10
ENE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
N
15
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:20AM
0.53
3:46PM
0.97
3:28AM
0.49
4:08PM
0.93
3:28AM
0.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:03PM
0.10
8:54AM
0.04
10:28PM
0.16
9:05AM
0.05
10:53PM
0.24
9:14AM
0.06
Sun
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise-----6:37-------6:39-------6:39--
Sunset6:12-------6:10-------6:08-------
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
2-----------------------
Temp. °C191920202020212018181817161617171616161616171818
Feels °C (?)171718191819201917171715131415151516151515161616
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