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The Spit surfForecast / SA – Yorke Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 ACDT
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The Spit surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Spit sea temperature is
19.5° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Spit today?

The current surf forecast for The Spit at 5PM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (07 Jan)2ft (0.6m)17s
Evening (07 Jan)4ft (1.2m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
2
1
3
2
1
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.2
SW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)121212161616151515151514141414141313131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1801771772747577207707501074631711614553469456424406336394431466386373570
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
20
N
10
W
15
SW
15
SSE
20
SE
25
ESE
25
S
30
S
35
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
30
SE
25
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
WNW
25
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crossoncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:10AM
0.02
5:59PM
0.01
6:19AM
0.02
6:50PM
0.01
6:18AM
0.02
8:07PM
0.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:31PM
0.01
11:03PM
0.00
1:34PM
0.00
11:21PM
0.01
1:42PM
0.00
11:24PM
0.01
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
Sunrise6:15-------6:16-------6:16-------
Sunset----8:39-------8:39-------8:39---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C273030302923212019232628231818171823212319181716
Feels °C (?)23262726261918161417222419141615182217191515129
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