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Y-Steps surfForecast / SA – Adelaide / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 16 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
20.4° C
 (Which is 1.5°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 2PM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:30am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)--
Afternoon (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)4s
Evening (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)4s

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

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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
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
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.3
SE
—
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.4
SE
0.2
SSW
———————
0.2
SSW
0.3
S
Period(s) (?)4444444433-2334-------33
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)00151419181900001200000000002
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
5
ESE
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NNE
15
W
15
SSW
15
SE
20
ESE
15
ENE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		ononcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:03PM
1.12
4:52AM
1.87
6:18PM
1.23
5:25AM
1.98
6:35PM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:45AM
0.40
10:14PM
0.86
12:06PM
0.25
10:59PM
0.76
12:26PM
0.15
11:30PM
0.67
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise6:16-------6:18-------6:18-------
Sunset----8:31-------8:31-------8:31---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171819221917191716222425232022222328303030272627
Feels °C (?)121314171413151313212223191821202026272726242325
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