Chinamans surf break

Chinamans surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Tuesday 07 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
19.0° 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 12PM is: 1.2m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Afternoon (07 Apr)5ft (1.6m)14s
Evening (07 Apr)5ft (1.6m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
3
3
2
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
1.2
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.9
SW
2.2
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)151515141414141313141414141414141313131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22927361498410339618728598598138108137267267166766376426186091249138818242405
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
ENE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
NE
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
N
15
N
15
W
15
WNW
25
WNW
30
W
35
WNW
30
W
40
W
45
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:08PM
0.93
3:28AM
0.45
4:31PM
0.88
3:15AM
0.43
4:56PM
0.80
2:30AM
0.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:05AM
0.05
10:53PM
0.24
9:14AM
0.06
11:19PM
0.32
9:20AM
0.08
11:53PM
0.41
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise-6:39-------6:39-------6:39------
Sunset----6:08-------6:07-------6:07---
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------1--------------
Temp. °C151515151515141515151717181818191918181818171716
Feels °C (?)11121313141311121314151618181818181715131312107
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