Chiton Rocks surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 22 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
19.6° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Chiton Rocks today?

The current surf forecast for Chiton Rocks at 9PM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.7m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm January 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)--
Afternoon (22 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Evening (22 Jan)4ft (1.2m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
2
2
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)141413131313131212121211111111121817171616161717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)67263547946538838237032026025123918916012612890901973735525256838901043
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
5
N
5
SSW
10
SSE
10
NNE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
N
25
NNW
35
NW
20
WSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:37PM
0.65
3:50AM
1.04
4:07PM
0.73
4:09AM
0.97
4:39PM
0.82
4:20AM
0.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:39PM
0.24
10:24AM
0.30
9:15PM
0.33
10:26AM
0.33
9:47PM
0.47
10:21AM
0.35
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise------6:22-------6:24-------6:24-
Sunset--8:30-------8:30-------8:29-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171716151514142531312923232529373936211716161618
Feels °C (?)131312121211102028282620192025303233191514151416
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