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Y-Steps surfForecast / SA – Adelaide / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Friday 30 Jan 2026 ACDT
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Y-Steps surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Y-Steps sea temperature is
22.0° C
 (Which is 2.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Y-Steps today?

The current surf forecast for Y-Steps at 9PM is: 0.1m 9s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm January 30). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)--
Afternoon (30 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Evening (30 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
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 (?)
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.6
S
0.9
SSW
1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.8
SSW
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
Period(s) (?)101010993334445444444444887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)444226683138504338242728283528280322
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
25
SSE
30
S
35
S
35
SSE
35
S
25
SSE
30
S
25
S
30
S
35
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:06PM
1.10
4:55AM
1.77
6:46PM
1.16
5:33AM
1.93
6:49PM
1.25
6:03AM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:11PM
0.29
10:20PM
0.98
12:22PM
0.14
11:07PM
0.78
12:39PM
0.07
11:40PM
0.61
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise------6:33-------6:33-------6:35-
Sunset--8:24-------8:23-------8:23-----
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C323325222423222525231816161615171818161413121115
Feels °C (?)282921192122212121181291111101111119876510
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