Chinamans Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.29° S 136.87° E

Chinamans 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 am 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Chinamans sea temperature is
15.8°C
1.3° 

Chinamans surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Chinamans today (27 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Chinamans at 1PM is: 1.7m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:30am September 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)6ft (1.8m)16s
Afternoon (27 Sep)5ft (1.6m)16s
Evening (27 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 27°C on Tue morning, min 10°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the ESE on Sun morning, light winds from the SW by Tue night).

Sunday
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
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9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
1
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Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
SW
16
1.8
SW
16
1.7
SW
16
1.6
SW
16
1.5
SW
16
1.4
SW
15
1.3
SW
15
1.2
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
1
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
13
0.6
SW
18
1.1
SW
18
1.2
SW
17
1.2
SW
16
1.2
SW
16
1.2
SW
16
1.3
SW
16
1.5
SW
16
1.3
SW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2027
1707
1420
1179
1041
879
757
598
581
447
384
308
295
255
781
854
767
739
729
783
1060
763
Wind (km/h)
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
30
E
30
E
30
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
20
ENE
35
NNE
35
NNE
35
NNE
35
N
35
N
25
WNW
10
SSW
10
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-off
High Tide
2:18PM0.72m
2:29AM0.87m
2:37PM0.66m
2:51AM0.96m
2:55PM0.59m
Low Tide
8:19AM0.05m
8:12PM0.05m
8:50AM0.02m
8:22PM0.02m
9:23AM0.02m
8:34PM-0.01m
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Temp °C
10
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14
17
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27
23
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17
Feels °C
1
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3
2
5
5
5
7
11
15
17
19
16
14
14
14
20
19
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16
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