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Chinamans surf break

Chinamans surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Monday 12 Jan 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
20.9° C
 (Which is 2.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Chinamans today?

The current surf forecast for Chinamans at 4PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30am January 12). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (12 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (12 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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

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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)101010101010101018171616151514141414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13613611313313392949496243661729733773752742648573564548525444444336
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
20
ESE
10
S
10
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
30
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
35
ESE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
SSW
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:51AM
0.51
10:08PM
0.65
12:21AM
0.70
1:22AM
0.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:50PM
0.17
12:35PM
0.18
11:46AM
0.17
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise6:20-------6:20-------6:20-------
Sunset----8:39-------8:39-------8:39---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141617181815141515171920191515151617192018161516
Feels °C (?)91315171499101113171814910912141718121099
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