Chinamans surf break

Chinamans surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Tuesday 31 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
19.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Chinamans today?

The current surf forecast for Chinamans at 9AM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:30am March 31). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Afternoon (31 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (31 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
3
3
2
4
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
1.2
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)121214141313131212121212121413131312121211111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1161412412342152422352521724071671341301147120412041003892772614506447422350
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
25
N
25
NNE
30
N
30
N
25
NNE
10
W
20
W
20
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
S
5
SSE
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
10
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:22AM
0.76
2:53PM
0.64
2:48AM
0.75
3:08PM
0.76
3:12AM
0.72
3:25PM
0.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:54AM
0.11
8:41PM
0.15
9:00AM
0.09
9:14PM
0.09
9:09AM
0.07
9:44PM
0.06
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise---7:33-------7:33-------7:35----
Sunset------7:19-------7:17-------7:15-
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232322232326241818181717181817171716161617171717
Feels °C (?)201918181720221616161516161615161816161616141314
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