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Tunkalilla surfForecast / SA – Adelaide / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Sunday 11 Jan 2026 ACDT
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Tunkalilla surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tunkalilla sea temperature is
20.6° C
 (Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tunkalilla today?

The current surf forecast for Tunkalilla at 3AM is: 1.6m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30pm January 11). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Afternoon (12 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (12 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)5s

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

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Sun
11
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12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.1
S
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
0.5
S
0.8
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
Period(s) (?)109988888856661816161515141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)49442217533028421215514314388137155136150338838756819786764753764775753
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:33PM
1.20
8:27AM
0.92
10:18PM
1.14
7:28AM
0.78
11:51PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:38AM
0.64
2:54PM
0.33
5:18AM
0.76
2:39PM
0.42
12:56PM
0.45
Sun
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise----6:13-------6:13-------6:15---
Sunset8:35-------8:35-------8:35-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141314141416171615151515151617171615151515171717
Feels °C (?)989101013141210111111111213131110101111141312
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