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Red Banks Reefs surfForecast / SA – Eyre Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 27 Jan 2026 ACDT
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Red Banks Reefs surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Red Banks Reefs sea temperature is
22.6° C
 (Which is 3.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Red Banks Reefs today?

The current surf forecast for Red Banks Reefs at 2AM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30pm January 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Afternoon (28 Jan)4ft (1.2m)5s
Evening (28 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

Table - waves today at Red Banks Reefs. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Tue
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.3
S
0.3
SSW
1
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.4
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.3
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SSE
1.1
SSE
Period(s) (?)55516155555666666666665555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)73675443444281929913310292921111191261451791368465504555
Wind
(km/h)
35
S
30
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SE
25
SSE
30
SE
30
SSE
35
SE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
25
SE
15
SSE
20
ESE
20
SSE
20
S
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		onononononcross-
on		oncross-
on		onononononononcross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:09PM
1.38
11:46PM
1.37
2:20AM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:58AM
0.31
11:29AM
0.22
11:20AM
0.13
Tue
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise----6:39-------6:41-------6:41---
Sunset8:31-------8:30-------8:30-------
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232221201920222322192019192022232523212122242727
Feels °C (?)192020181616171716131615151516171818192021222624
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