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Chinamans surf break

Chinamans surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 10 Jan 2026 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
20.5° C
 (Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Chinamans today?

The current surf forecast for Chinamans at 8AM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:30am January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)10ft (3.0m)13s
Afternoon (10 Jan)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (10 Jan)8ft (2.5m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)81213131413131312121211111110101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)69917152746356737283208331420881519110790759546636435020019216313613613313313392
Wind
(km/h)
45
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
30
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
30
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SSW
10
SSW
25
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:57AM
0.68
7:25PM
0.61
5:54AM
0.58
8:25PM
0.62
4:51AM
0.51
10:08PM
0.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:57PM
0.31
12:42PM
0.14
12:45AM
0.40
12:50PM
0.16
2:10AM
0.49
12:50PM
0.17
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise--6:18-------6:18-------6:20-----
Sunset------8:39-------8:39-------8:39-
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161516151617171615151516171818141414151617181815
Feels °C (?)7788910101110101012141512899111315161310
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