Pipes Surf Break

Lat Long: 18.27° S 177.89° E

Pipes 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Pipes sea temperature is
25.5°C
0.4° 

Pipes surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Pipes today (11 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 18s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Pipes at 11AM is: 1.1m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.6m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+12) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Oct)4ft (1.2m)16s
Afternoon (11 Oct)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (11 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)18s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 24°C on Sun morning, min 21°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
1
1
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SW
14
1.2
SW
16
1.2
SW
16
0.9
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
16
0.8
SSW
18
0.9
SSW
18
0.9
SSW
18
1.1
SW
18
1.1
SW
17
1.1
SW
17
1.2
SW
17
1.2
SSW
16
1.1
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1.8
ESE
9
1.8
ESE
9
1.8
ESE
9
1.8
ESE
9
1.9
ESE
8
1.9
ESE
8
1.7
ESE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
564
767
748
441
441
441
395
553
565
727
687
663
805
700
587
587
525
466
466
466
471
471
412
Wind (km/h)
20
E
25
E
30
E
30
E
25
ESE
25
E
25
E
20
E
25
E
25
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
30
E
25
E
30
E
30
E
25
E
25
E
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:36AM1.55m
6:47PM1.67m
7:19AM1.51m
7:24PM1.63m
8:02AM1.45m
8:02PM1.57m
Low Tide
00:27AM0.16m
12:36PM0.26m
1:08AM0.15m
1:15PM0.31m
1:49AM0.16m
1:54PM0.38m
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5:43
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1
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Temp °C
22
22
23
24
24
23
22
22
22
22
23
24
24
22
23
22
21
22
24
24
24
23
22
Feels °C
22
20
20
21
21
21
20
21
20
20
21
21
21
19
20
20
19
19
22
21
21
21
20
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