Chiton Rocks surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 ACST
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Chiton Rocks surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Chiton Rocks sea temperature is
14.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Chiton Rocks today?

The current surf forecast for Chiton Rocks at 7AM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 20s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30am September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Afternoon (18 Sep)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (18 Sep)5ft (1.5m)12s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
2
0
1
2
2
2
3
1
0
0
0
1
!
!
0
!
0
0
2
!
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4.5
SW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)131212121111111211121212121211121414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1726139011638336135275366045635945494884885401987312559556568572671264124344747172817
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
N
15
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:51AM
1.13
12:44AM
0.62
12:10PM
1.11
12:27AM
0.69
12:28PM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:20PM
0.41
4:07AM
0.56
7:56PM
0.45
5:17AM
0.46
7:18PM
0.44
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise---6:11-------6:09-------6:09----
Sunset------6:07-------6:07-------6:08-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------1---------
Temp. °C121111172021181614121315171612101011101212131312
Feels °C (?)9871113151413121099986444566887
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for SA - East Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Offshore wind has become very light (light winds from the N at Mount Terrible Radar 27 km from Chiton Rocks). Surf should be turning clean at Chiton Rocks. A 2.0m groundswell from the SSW

    Chiton Rocks
  2. weather stationWind Update Offshore wind has become very light (light winds from the N at Mount Terrible Radar 27 km from Bullies). Surf should be turning clean at Bullies. A 2.0m groundswell from the SSW

    Bullies
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27 km away, 43 min ago

7 km/h
N
0.0
14.4
Air / Water (°C)
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