- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Chinamans Surf Forecast
/ SA – Yorke Peninsula (14 breaks) / South Australia (91 breaks) /
Surf Forecasts:
Chinamans surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Sunday 24 May 2026 ACSTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
17.8° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Chinamans today?
The current surf forecast for Chinamans at 6AM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30am May 24). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (ACST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (24 May) | 6ft (1.8m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (24 May) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 12s |
| Evening (24 May) | 4ft (1.2m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Chinamans. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 34mm), heaviest during Sun night. Very mild (max 16°C on Tue afternoon, min 12°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ENE on Mon morning, light winds from the SE by Tue afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 24 | Monday 25 | Tuesday 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |    |    |    | |||||||||||||||||||||
SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | WSW 12 | SW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | SW 11 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | |
310 | 291 | 319 | 902 | 268 | 449 | 371 | 311 | 515 | 722 | 558 | 420 | 296 | 295 | 365 | 355 | 590 | 410 | 392 | 392 | 398 | 581 | 459 | 459 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-on | on | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | |
High Tide | 6:39PM0.70m | 12:10PM0.58m | 8:30PM0.58m | 11:57AM0.71m | ||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:23AM0.36m | 3:34AM0.36m | 4:33PM0.56m | 4:18AM0.34m | 6:51PM0.45m | |||||||||||||||||||
 | |  |  | |  |  |  | |  | |  |  | | | | | |  | |  | | | | |
 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:20 | — | — |
— | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 13 | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 18 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 |
12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | N 5 | WSW 7 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | SW 11 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 |
 kJ | 310 | 291 | 319 | 16 | 108 | 449 | 371 | 311 | 515 | 722 | 558 | 420 | 296 | 226 | 173 | 355 | 590 | 410 | 392 | 392 | 398 | 581 | 459 | 459 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 7 | ENE 4 | — | E 4 | SW 12 | SW 15 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | — | NNW 4 | SW 16 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 9 | — | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SW 15 | SSW 9 | SW 9 |
| kJ | 31 | 1 | — | 1 | 268 | 8 | 12 | 13 | — | 2 | 69 | 98 | 211 | 295 | 365 | 122 | — | 130 | 103 | 132 | 173 | 110 | 33 | 20 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | E 4 | SW 17 | SW 15 | SW 18 | — | SSW 16 | SW 20 | N 4 | N 4 | N 5 | N 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 1 | 12 | 8 | 12 | — | 25 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 4 | N 5 | N 5 | WSW 12 | N 5 | NNE 4 | N 4 | — | NNW 3 | — | NNE 4 | ESE 3 | ESE 4 | E 4 | ESE 5 | ESE 4 | E 4 | ESE 4 | ESE 4 | ESE 4 | ESE 4 | ESE 4 | ESE 4 | SE 4 |
| kJ | 32 | 87 | 57 | 902 | 7 | 4 | 3 | — | 4 | — | 3 | 7 | 13 | 41 | 45 | 31 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 16 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 112 | 81 | 138 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 138 | 78 | 19 | 166 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 46 |
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