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Red Banks Reefs surfForecast / SA – Eyre Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 21 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
22.0° C
 (Which is 2.9°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 11AM is: 1.1m 17s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:30am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)17s
Afternoon (21 Jan)4ft (1.2m)5s
Evening (21 Jan)5ft (1.5m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
S
0.5
SSW
0.6
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.4
S
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SE
0.4
SSW
0.8
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.6
E
0.8
SE
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)618171755666665145455551312444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14117622072578781421401311111018380253044451526131213178
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
30
S
30
S
30
S
35
S
35
SSE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SE
25
ESE
20
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
20
ESE
15
E
10
NE
15
NE
15
E
20
ESE
20
E
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononononcross-
on		ononcross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:11AM
1.83
6:08PM
1.09
5:38AM
1.76
6:27PM
1.17
6:03AM
1.63
6:49PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:37PM
0.53
12:14PM
0.10
11:12PM
0.49
12:31PM
0.15
11:48PM
0.48
12:45PM
0.22
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise--6:33-------6:33-------6:35-----
Sunset------8:35-------8:35-------8:34-
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181818171819191716161617182019181717192527292925
Feels °C (?)141415121314131010101012141614131415182225252622
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