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Y-Steps surfForecast / SA – Adelaide / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 20 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
20.8° C
 (Which is 2.0°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 3PM is: 0.8m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30am January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)2ft (0.6m)5s
Afternoon (20 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Evening (20 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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

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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
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
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 (?)
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1
S
1.1
S
0.9
SSE
0.1
W
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.7
SSE
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
W
Period(s) (?)55545544444444410141410413131310
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3019212947533835211827283744312882137772
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
20
S
25
S
30
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
30
S
30
S
35
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
15
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:16AM
2.13
7:02PM
1.48
6:38AM
2.17
7:15PM
1.59
7:01AM
2.18
7:31PM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:01PM
0.11
12:19AM
0.50
1:16PM
0.13
12:44AM
0.43
1:31PM
0.16
1:11AM
0.38
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
Sunrise6:20-------6:22-------6:22-------
Sunset----8:30-------8:30-------8:30---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C182327272219181717212120171414141517222218151616
Feels °C (?)172123221613131314161614117781012171612101113
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