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Thistle Island (False Creek) surfForecast / SA – Eyre Peninsula / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Sunday 25 Jan 2026 ACDT
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Thistle Island (False Creek) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Thistle Island (False Creek) sea temperature is
19.7° C
 (Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Thistle Island (False Creek) today?

The current surf forecast for Thistle Island (False Creek) at 3AM is: 1.7m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:30pm January 25). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jan)5ft (1.5m)14s
Afternoon (26 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Evening (26 Jan)4ft (1.2m)13s

Table - waves today at Thistle Island (False Creek). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Sun
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
3
2
3
2
1
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SSW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
0.8
SW
1
SW
1.2
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)161515151414141414212019181817161616161515141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18561708136112371094902721556532543769108814291615286424652404221218801715154212731033778
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
ESE
15
ESE
25
ESE
15
E
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
S
35
SSW
25
S
15
S
25
SSW
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		onononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:46PM
0.85
5:19AM
0.60
7:34PM
0.86
9:11PM
0.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:55AM
0.42
11:54AM
0.11
11:31AM
0.10
10:53AM
0.06
Sun
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Sunrise----6:37-------6:37-------6:39---
Sunset8:37-------8:37-------8:36-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202118181921232525262321192120202018171818181818
Feels °C (?)181815151719212524232117151516181915151615161314
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