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Ethel Wreck surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Friday 09 Jan 2026 ACDT
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Ethel Wreck surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ethel Wreck sea temperature is
20.4° C
 (Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ethel Wreck today?

The current surf forecast for Ethel Wreck at 7PM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)--
Afternoon (09 Jan)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (09 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)12s

Table - waves today at Ethel Wreck. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)13131312712131314131313121212111111101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8917348641439589174528793567357032083314263115251276990595466364344196192163136133
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
45
WSW
45
SW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
35
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		oncross-
on		onononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:50PM
0.56
5:21AM
0.69
6:45PM
0.59
5:21AM
0.62
7:56PM
0.61
4:45AM
0.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:46AM
0.21
11:08PM
0.31
12:02PM
0.18
11:48PM
0.40
12:22PM
0.16
12:39AM
0.50
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise------6:18-------6:18-------6:20-
Sunset--8:40-------8:39-------8:39-----
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191918171616161616171716151515161718171414141516
Feels °C (?)151413978899101010101010111416108991113
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