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Chinamans surf break

Chinamans surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Friday 09 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
20.6° C
 (Which is 2.3°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: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:30am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)5ft (1.5m)13s
Afternoon (09 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (09 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)12s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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
1
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
2.1
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)14141313131313128101314141313131212121111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8628016947446737348641264646137929253620351832083314273616021255892585466406350256
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
10
SSE
5
W
15
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
45
WSW
45
SW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
10
SE
15
SE
30
SE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:43AM
0.80
6:38PM
0.58
5:57AM
0.68
7:25PM
0.61
5:54AM
0.58
8:25PM
0.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:15PM
0.22
12:30PM
0.13
11:57PM
0.31
12:42PM
0.14
12:45AM
0.40
12:50PM
0.16
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise--6:16-------6:18-------6:18-----
Sunset------8:39-------8:39-------8:39-
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181819191919181716161616161717161515141618181714
Feels °C (?)151719181514139788891010109108111515108
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