Pipes 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 18.27° S 177.89° E

Issued: 5 am 20 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Pipes sea temperature is

25.1°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Pipes today (20 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 12s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 11s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 11s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Pipes at 9AM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+12) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	12s
Afternoon (20 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	11s
Evening (20 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Warm (max 23°C on Tue morning, min 20°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Tuesday 20							Wednesday 21								Thursday 22
	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)	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 8	SSE 9	SSW 14	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	456	456	529	485	467	459	451	457	375	330	293	231	223	232	237	185	382	412	392	372	392	362	430
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	E	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	1:13AM1.25m				2:19PM1.24m				2:11AM1.28m					3:03PM1.32m				3:03AM1.32m				3:42PM1.41m
Low Tide			7:48AM0.45m				8:13PM0.64m				8:38AM0.42m					9:05PM0.56m				9:21AM0.38m


	5:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:35	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:10	—
mm	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	20	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	22	23	23	22	21	20	20	21	23	23	23	22	22
Feels °C	18	18	20	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	20	20	20	19	20
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSW 14	S 10	S 9	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 17
kJ	456	456	529	485	467	459	451	457	375	194	146	161	151	150	237	185	163	65	55	204	188	178	202
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 11	SSW 10	SSW 11	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 12	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	S 9	SSW 13	SSW 12	S 9	S 9	S 9	SSW 13
kJ	146	138	75	118	151	113	106	101	129	127	166	154	93	193	168	161	57	109	104	53	25	26	96
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 15	SSW 14	SSW 13	SW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SSW 18	SSW 17	SSW 17	SSW 16	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 15	SSW 11	SSW 11	S 18	S 18	SSW 16	SW 16	S 15	S 15	SW 18	S 14
kJ	54	79	120	53	25	25	124	117	162	179	94	93	156	71	47	25	25	98	66	18	18	78	14
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 5	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 8	E 8	ESE 6	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8
kJ	159	176	169	266	90	143	193	220	298	330	293	231	223	232	177	135	382	412	392	372	392	362	430
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Motels Tongatapu	Momi Bay Viti Levu	Frigates Kadavu Passage	Restaurants Mamanucas	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Taupo Bay Northland	Ouano Lefts New-Caledonia	Ouano Lefts New-Caledonia	Maria Reef left New-Caledonia	Maria Reef left New-Caledonia	Maria Reef left New-Caledonia	La Roche Percee (Bonhomme de Bourail) New-Caledonia	Momi Bay Viti Levu	Restaurants Mamanucas	Shipwrecks New-Caledonia	Momi Bay Viti Levu	Momi Bay Viti Levu	Restaurants Mamanucas	Momi Bay Viti Levu	Restaurants Mamanucas	Tapotupoto Bay Northland	Momi Bay Viti Levu	Restaurants Mamanucas
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	3
Distance (km)	774	76	25	87	1938	1905	1332	1332	1313	1313	1313	1351	76	87	1330	76	76	87	76	87	1870	76	87
Best forecast wave conditions in Kadavu Passage			Frigates
Rating (10 max)			3
Best forecast wave conditions in Fiji		Restaurants Mamanucas	Namotu Lefts Mamanucas	Restaurants Mamanucas									Namotu Lefts Mamanucas	Restaurants Mamanucas		Restaurants Mamanucas	Restaurants Mamanucas	Restaurants Mamanucas	Restaurants Mamanucas	Restaurants Mamanucas		Namotu Lefts Mamanucas	Restaurants Mamanucas
Rating (10 max)		4	3	3									3	2		3	3	3	3	2		3	3
Header Global	Thurso East United Kingdom	Thurso East United Kingdom	Alnes Lighthouse Norway	Alnes Lighthouse Norway	Alnes Lighthouse Norway	Alnes Lighthouse Norway	Moning Philippines	Cyclops Australia	Cyclops Australia	Cyclops Australia	Cyclops Australia	Cyclops Australia	Baler - Lindy's Point Philippines	Malaking Gasang (Baler) Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Haga-Haga South Africa	Trial Harbour Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Barbel Point South Africa	Barbel Point South Africa	Trial Harbour Australia
Rating (10 max)	6	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	9	9	8	9	8	6	5	5	6

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