Red Banks Reefs surfForecast / SA – Eyre Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 ACST
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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
14.6° C
(Which is 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: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 08:30am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (17 Sep)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (17 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
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 (?)
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
1.2
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)151514141413131312121211111212121212131414121414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17215714814696888450472523232323242511112835640183199
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
W
5
SE
15
E
15
ENE
5
NNE
10
NNW
10
N
20
N
30
N
25
NNW
20
NW
15
SW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
35
WNW
45
W
50
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:23AM
1.20
1:09PM
1.30
5:26AM
1.01
1:43PM
1.42
3:45AM
0.95
2:10PM
1.51
3:08AM
1.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:35AM
1.18
9:35PM
0.26
7:31AM
0.99
9:22PM
0.29
7:50AM
0.78
9:15PM
0.32
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
Sunrise-6:20-------6:18-------6:18------
Sunset----6:15-------6:15-------6:16---
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101315151413141314202426201513121116191812121211
Feels °C (?)710131111111199121720161210879985574
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for SA - Eyre Peninsula

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Red Banks Reefs (light winds from the WSW at Cleve Aerodrome 23 km from Red Banks Reefs). 0.5m 5s windswell from the SSW with a 0.3m 15s groundswell, also from the SSW and a 0.2m 8s swell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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15 km/h
WSW
0.0
14.6
Air / Water (°C)
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