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Chiton Rocks surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Sunday 11 Jan 2026 ACDT
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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
20.6° C
 (Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)
Nearby Cam: 8km away, Encounter Bay Webcam

How big are the waves at Chiton Rocks today?

The current surf forecast for Chiton Rocks at 4AM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:30pm January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (12 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (12 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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

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Sun
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
0.9
SW
1.1
S
0.8
SW
1.5
S
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)1010108881081061010101017161515141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7873392642942511631341351101461781602082083946797861145111410681053105310681038
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
25
S
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:26PM
0.81
4:16AM
0.82
11:55PM
0.91
12:12AM
1.03
1:03PM
0.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:25PM
0.75
11:41AM
0.37
11:39AM
0.39
10:53AM
0.41
1:34PM
0.42
Sun
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise----6:11-------6:13-------6:13---
Sunset8:34-------8:34-------8:32-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141414141316181615141514141718181615151515171717
Feels °C (?)101011111013141211111212111415141212111312141312
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