Chiton Rocks surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Sunday 03 May 2026 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
18.3° C
(Which is 1.1°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 7AM is: 1.9m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30am May 03). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 May)7ft (2.1m)13s
Afternoon (03 May)8ft (2.5m)13s
Evening (03 May)8ft (2.5m)12s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun afternoon, min 13°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Sun morning, light winds from the WNW by Tue afternoon).

Sunday
3
Monday
4
Tuesday
5
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
0
1
2
3
1
2
1
2
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SW
13
1.4
SW
14
1.8
SW
13
2.1
SW
13
2.4
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
2.5
SW
12
2.5
SW
12
2.5
SW
12
2.5
SW
11
3
SW
11
3
SW
11
3
SSW
11
3
SSW
10
2.5
SSW
10
2.4
SSW
10
2.3
SSW
10
1.7
SSW
13
2
SSW
10
1.8
SSW
10
2
SSW
12
1.3
SSW
16
2.2
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
525
722
1116
1496
2005
2063
1908
2077
1860
1776
1808
2078
2052
1832
1699
1452
1193
1084
940
716
611
1132
861
2243
Wind (km/h)
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
35
NW
30
WNW
30
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
20
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
00:37AM0.78m
1:36PM1.36m
00:52AM0.76m
2:01PM1.37m
1:07AM0.73m
2:28PM1.35m
Low Tide
5:56AM0.27m
8:25PM0.59m
6:15AM0.24m
9:01PM0.62m
6:33AM0.23m
clear
rain showers
clear
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
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6:52
6:54
6:54
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5:30
5:29
5:28
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
15
15
15
16
16
17
15
15
15
15
14
16
17
17
15
14
14
14
13
15
16
16
15
15
10
11
9
9
9
11
9
9
9
10
10
11
12
12
11
11
11
10
10
12
13
14
13
13
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SW
13
1.4
SW
14
1.8
SW
13
2.1
SW
13
2.4
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
2.5
SW
12
2.5
SW
12
2.5
SW
12
1
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
13
1.2
SSW
13
2
SSW
10
1.8
SSW
10
2
SSW
12
1.7
SSW
12
2.2
SSW
16
Energy kJ
525
722
1116
1496
2005
2063
1908
2077
1860
1776
352
476
462
716
611
1132
861
2243
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
SSW
13
1.3
SSW
12
1.2
SSW
12
1
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
0.1
SW
22
Energy kJ
867
518
447
568
793
19
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
S
18
0.6
SSW
17
0.1
SW
24
0.1
SW
24
Energy kJ
96
221
22
22
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
NW
4
0.9
WNW
4
1.1
WNW
4
1.3
WNW
5
1
NW
5
0.9
NW
4
0.8
NW
4
0.7
NNW
4
1
NW
5
0.5
NW
4
2.5
SW
11
3
SW
11
3
SW
11
3
SSW
11
3
SSW
10
2.5
SSW
10
2.4
SSW
10
2.3
SSW
10
2.1
SSW
10
Energy kJ
15
31
40
74
48
31
29
16
44
10
1808
2078
2052
1832
1699
1452
1193
1084
940
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
4
3
4
4
3
4
4
3
4
1
1
1
2
3
2
3
3
1
2
4
4
4
Distance (km)
0
0
343
465
405
405
465
503
503
503
525
578
578
811
580
4
3
135
3
155
3
0
0
0
Best forecast wave conditions in South Australia - East Coast
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
4
4
5
5
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
4
5
4
5
5
5
5
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