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Rapid Bay surfForecast / SA – Adelaide / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Sunday 11 Jan 2026 ACDT
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Rapid Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rapid Bay sea temperature is
20.7° C
 (Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rapid Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Rapid Bay at 7AM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:30am January 11). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Afternoon (11 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Evening (11 Jan)1ft (0.3m)7s

Table - waves today at Rapid Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
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 (?)
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.2
WSW
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.1
W
0.6
S
0.2
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
Period(s) (?)8877117777777938888877777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)42281716118884444175111111111
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:41AM
1.29
10:03PM
1.51
8:54AM
1.14
10:58PM
1.48
8:06AM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:17AM
0.77
3:03PM
0.48
4:17AM
0.91
3:21PM
0.56
6:40AM
0.98
3:28PM
0.63
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise--6:13-------6:13-------6:15-----
Sunset------8:36-------8:36-------8:35-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151515161615141314141417191815151515151719181615
Feels °C (?)11111111119878101014151310111111111315131110
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