Chinamans surf break

Chinamans surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Tuesday 14 Apr 2026 ACST
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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
18.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Chinamans today?

The current surf forecast for Chinamans at 7AM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30am April 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Afternoon (14 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (14 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


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Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
3
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)161615151514141413131314131312121216151515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3103022732584722512481601442084446617697345584714096831082106810391011984813
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
0
SW
5
N
5
NNE
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
offoffoffglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:31AM
0.67
1:31PM
0.55
12:57AM
0.68
1:24PM
0.68
1:22AM
0.67
1:35PM
0.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:26AM
0.21
6:53PM
0.30
7:16AM
0.19
7:26PM
0.20
7:17AM
0.17
7:59PM
0.11
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise---6:43-------6:45-------6:46----
Sunset------6:00------5:59-------5:58--
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151515151516151515151515171818171818181818171716
Feels °C (?)141314141314131415151414161718161716151516161615
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