Red Banks Reefs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.89° S 136.62° E

Issued: 3 am 11 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Red Banks Reefs sea temperature is

19.0°C

Red Banks Reefs surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Red Banks Reefs today (11 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Nov, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 15s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Nov, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 14s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Nov, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 14s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Red Banks Reefs at 10AM is: 0.3m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:30am November 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Nov)	1ft (0.3m)	15s
Afternoon (11 Nov)	1ft (0.3m)	14s
Evening (11 Nov)	1ft (0.3m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 22°C on Fri morning, min 13°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Friday 13								Sat 14
	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
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	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	SSW 14	SSW 15	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	S 13	S 13	S 12	SE 5	S 12	SE 5	S 12	SSW 12	S 12	S 12	SSW 12	S 17	S 5	SSW 16
Wave Graph
kJ	82	82	72	39	272	37	36	36	34	36	14	34	34	13	13	12	37	11	18	11	14	11	11	30	23	34	50
Wind (km/h)	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	S	SE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	E	SE	NW	NE	SE	E	SSE	SSW	S	S	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	on	off	cross	on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide		4:11AM1.92m					4:41PM0.88m				4:36AM1.92m				5:02PM0.84m				5:01AM1.87m				5:23PM0.80m				5:25AM1.79m
Low Tide					11:21AM0.21m			9:32PM0.37m					11:51AM0.26m			9:50PM0.38m					12:22PM0.32m			10:06PM0.41m


	—	6:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:13	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:01	—	—	—	8:02
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	1	2	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	14	13	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	16	17	18	18	17	18	18	16	18	22	19	19	18	17	16	16
Feels °C	9	10	9	11	11	12	11	10	10	10	11	14	15	15	15	15	16	17	15	17	21	20	20	17	15	13	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 14	SSW 14	S 15	S 15	SSW 15	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 5	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 12	SE 4	SE 5	SE 5	SE 4	SSW 12	S 12	S 12	SSW 12	S 17	S 16	SSW 16
kJ	82	69	42	39	42	37	36	36	34	32	11	14	13	13	13	12	21	23	18	7	14	11	11	30	23	21	25
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SSW 14	SSW 15	S 8	—	SSW 8	S 7	S 7	—	SSW 14	S 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	—	—	—	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 7	S 6	S 6	S 18	—	—	SSW 16
kJ	—	82	72	10	—	6	4	4	—	36	14	34	34	—	—	—	11	11	11	11	1	3	1	6	—	—	50
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 20	S 18	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	7	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 15	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SE 5	ESE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 3	SSE 4	SE 5	—	SE 5	ENE 2	SE 3	SE 4	SSE 3	S 4	S 4	S 5	S 5
kJ	72	54	31	21	272	18	13	15	25	22	6	12	7	6	4	9	37	—	18	1	9	6	5	9	22	34	36
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Spits SA - Yorke Peninsula	Spits SA - Yorke Peninsula	Spits SA - Yorke Peninsula	Spits SA - Yorke Peninsula	Stokes Bay SA - Kangaroo Island	Berry Bay SA - Yorke Peninsula	Daly Heads SA - Yorke Peninsula	Daly Heads SA - Yorke Peninsula	Spits SA - Yorke Peninsula	Daly Heads SA - Yorke Peninsula	Monument SA - Eyre Peninsula	Berry Bay SA - Yorke Peninsula	The Spit SA - Yorke Peninsula	Spits SA - Yorke Peninsula	Daly Heads SA - Yorke Peninsula	Venus Bay SA - Eyre Peninsula	Corvisart Bay SA - Eyre Peninsula	Monument SA - Eyre Peninsula	Berry Bay SA - Yorke Peninsula	Berry Bay SA - Yorke Peninsula	Berry Bay SA - Yorke Peninsula	Berry Bay SA - Yorke Peninsula	Berry Bay SA - Yorke Peninsula	Stoney Rise SA - East Coast	Spits SA - Yorke Peninsula	Spits SA - Yorke Peninsula	Spits SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	4	3
Distance (km)	128	128	128	128	199	120	129	129	128	129	125	120	138	128	129	195	262	125	120	120	120	120	120	461	128	128	128
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Rating (10 max)									2	2	3	3	2			2	1	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	8	8	8	8	8	7	9	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4

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