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The Pines surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 08 Jan 2026 ACDT
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The Pines surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Pines sea temperature is
18.9° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)
Nearby Cam: 5km away, Encounter Bay Webcam

How big are the waves at The Pines today?

The current surf forecast for The Pines at 6AM is: 1.7m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:30am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)15s
Afternoon (08 Jan)5ft (1.6m)15s
Evening (08 Jan)5ft (1.5m)14s

Table - waves today at The Pines. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
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)
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.8
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
4
SW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
Period(s) (?)16151515151514141414131313131312127101213131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)146013861350131411741087947934908857721700689679101812811271494151629245421405641825292
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
5
SSE
5
SW
10
SW
10
W
20
WSW
15
SW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassononcrosscross-
on		cross-
on		onglasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:52AM
1.04
4:00PM
0.66
4:10AM
0.96
4:43PM
0.72
4:24AM
0.90
5:30PM
0.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:51AM
0.39
8:52PM
0.35
10:56AM
0.36
9:23PM
0.47
11:09AM
0.35
9:43PM
0.61
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise--6:07-------6:09-------6:09-----
Sunset------8:34-------8:34-------8:34-
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202218202828181718192025272521181616161818181716
Feels °C (?)202217182727161718192023252118151110101212121211
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