Pipes Surf Break

Lat Long: 18.27° S 177.89° E

Pipes 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Pipes sea temperature is
24.6°C
0.5° 

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 (06 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 14s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Pipes at 3PM is: 1.3m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+12) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)16s
Afternoon (06 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)15s
Evening (06 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Tue morning, min 22°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tue
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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)
3
0
1
2
2
3
3
3
2
0
0
2
2
2
2
3
3
0
0
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
14
1.3
SSW
14
1.3
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
13
1.1
SSW
13
1
SSW
13
1
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.6
SSW
19
0.9
SSW
13
0.7
SW
18
1.2
SSW
18
1.2
SSW
18
1.1
SW
18
1.1
SW
18
1.1
SW
16
1.2
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
740
794
752
630
621
595
486
472
434
368
373
309
248
290
312
826
826
711
703
617
700
Wind (km/h)
15
E
25
ESE
30
ESE
20
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
25
ESE
30
ESE
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
20
E
25
E
25
ESE
30
ESE
25
E
20
E
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:14PM1.45m
3:20AM1.52m
4:05PM1.53m
4:15AM1.55m
4:50PM1.61m
Low Tide
8:48AM0.22m
9:13PM0.43m
9:43AM0.19m
10:10PM0.34m
10:32AM0.18m
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clear
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
25
26
25
24
23
22
22
22
25
26
26
24
23
22
22
22
25
26
25
24
23
Feels °C
27
25
24
25
24
24
24
24
26
25
25
24
24
22
21
21
24
24
23
24
23
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