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Dump Beach surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 29 Jan 2026 ACDT
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Dump Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Dump Beach sea temperature is
21.1° C
 (Which is 2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dump Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Dump Beach at 7PM is: 2.2m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)--
Afternoon (29 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (29 Jan)7ft (2.2m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
2.2
S
2.2
SSE
1.6
SSE
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
1.7
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
2
S
2.2
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.3
SSW
1.8
S
Period(s) (?)1211777111111111067712121212116776116
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1991894345132272072001961961602212892553042992942851042389465411324418267
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
S
25
SSE
20
ESE
10
SE
10
E
15
SE
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
5
SSE
15
S
20
SSE
30
S
30
SSW
30
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
30
S
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:00AM
1.24
1:27AM
1.30
2:33PM
0.45
1:53AM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:25AM
0.29
10:34AM
0.31
4:16PM
0.43
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise------6:30-------6:31-------6:31-
Sunset--8:25-------8:24-------8:24-----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212220222223202323231918181818201918171616161515
Feels °C (?)171916192222182121221717181917181513131211121010
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