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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 21 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
19.2° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

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

The current surf forecast for Thistle Island (False Creek) at 8AM is: 2.4m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.5m 6s secondary 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)10ft (3.0m)17s
Afternoon (21 Jan)8ft (2.5m)16s
Evening (21 Jan)6ft (1.9m)16s

Table - waves today at Thistle Island (False Creek). (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
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
3
SSW
2.2
SW
2.5
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)181817171616161615141414141413131313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)54853579349841582475337319331630134312201094902865661632552494424418358297287205192
Wind
(km/h)
45
S
40
SSE
30
SSE
40
S
35
SSE
45
S
45
SSE
40
SSE
35
SE
35
SE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
20
SE
20
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
25
E
20
ENE
20
NE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
E
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		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:16AM
1.28
4:46PM
0.63
4:40AM
1.20
5:11PM
0.70
5:02AM
1.08
5:38PM
0.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:12AM
-0.04
10:07PM
0.08
11:29AM
-0.01
10:42PM
0.12
11:43AM
0.02
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise--6:31-------6:33-------6:33-----
Sunset------8:39-------8:38-------8:38-
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161616151516151515151515161818171616171921212325
Feels °C (?)9911898678899111414111112141718202222
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