Chinamans surf break

Chinamans surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Friday 06 Mar 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
19.9° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Chinamans today?

The current surf forecast for Chinamans at 7AM is: 2.5m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:30am March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)8ft (2.5m)16s
Afternoon (06 Mar)8ft (2.5m)16s
Evening (06 Mar)8ft (2.4m)15s

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


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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
4
4
3
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SSW
2
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)151515161615151515151515151515151515141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2027235828323171313030512722251723262027188917761647185021202268169516721521128912711049924816
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
S
10
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
onononononcross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:17AM
0.77
4:36PM
0.82
4:35AM
0.70
4:58PM
0.86
4:48AM
0.62
5:19PM
0.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:22AM
0.00
10:45PM
0.05
10:33AM
0.00
11:13PM
0.10
10:43AM
0.01
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise---7:11-------7:13-------7:13----
Sunset------7:53-------7:52-------7:51-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171717171819191717171717181918161616161617181815
Feels °C (?)171717171816161415151515161613111111111114151411
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