Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Chinamans today (16 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 13s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Chinamans at 7PM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 19s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (ACDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (16 Oct) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 13s |
| Evening (16 Oct) | 2ft (0.6m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Chinamans. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Sun afternoon, min 18°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Sat morning, strong winds from the NNE by Sun night). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Fri 16 | Saturday 17 | Sunday 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 15 | SW 17 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 205 | 136 | 132 | 96 | 81 | 109 | 106 | 132 | 129 | 125 | 122 | 116 | 218 | 174 | 176 | 305 | 350 | 466 | 696 | 1282 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross |
High Tide | 4:11PM0.40m | 5:15AM0.86m | 3:56PM0.38m | 5:39AM0.78m | 3:02PM0.39m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:44AM0.21m | 9:52PM0.03m | 12:13PM0.30m | 9:58PM0.06m | 12:54PM0.38m | 9:55PM0.09m | ||||||||||||||
 | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:38 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 24 |
Feels °C | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 19 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 15 | SW 17 |
| kJ | 205 | 136 | 132 | 96 | 73 | 72 | 52 | 132 | 129 | 125 | 122 | 116 | 218 | 174 | 176 | 305 | 350 | 466 | 696 | 1282 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 4 | NNE 3 | SW 19 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | WSW 11 | SW 11 | WSW 10 | — | NNW 5 | N 4 | — |
| kJ | 3 | 1 | 57 | 51 | 81 | 109 | 106 | 51 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 53 | 21 | 12 | 31 | 11 | — | 4 | 6 | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 20 | E 4 | N 3 | — | — | — | — | — | E 3 | E 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 15 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 3 | — | E 3 | E 3 | E 3 | ESE 3 | E 3 | E 3 | — | — | E 3 | ESE 3 | E 3 | ENE 3 | NE 4 | NNE 4 | NNE 4 | NNE 4 | NNE 4 | ENE 3 |
| kJ | 2 | — | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 7 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 81 | 3 | 13 | 78 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Yorke Peninsula | ||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Chinamans surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest