Pipes Surf Break

Lat Long: 18.27° S 177.89° E

Pipes 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Pipes sea temperature is
24.8°C
0.1° 

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 (10 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 11s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Pipes at 1AM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+12) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Sep)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (10 Sep)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (10 Sep)4ft (1.2m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 25°C on Wed afternoon, min 20°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
9
Thursday
10
Friday
11
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
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
2
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SSW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.2
SSW
14
1.1
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.2
SW
12
1.1
SW
12
1.2
SW
12
1.2
SW
11
1.2
SW
11
1.2
SW
11
1.1
SW
11
1.1
SW
10
1.1
SW
10
1
SW
10
0.4
SW
24
0.6
SSW
18
0.7
SW
18
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
691
564
501
437
443
573
442
330
407
366
354
347
263
243
234
196
175
218
316
Wind (km/h)
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
15
E
15
E
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
5:13PM1.56m
5:19AM1.67m
5:59PM1.63m
6:07AM1.68m
6:41PM1.67m
Low Tide
11:11PM0.29m
11:41AM0.06m
00:01AM0.23m
12:24PM0.07m
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:09
6:07
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:01
6:01
6:01
 mm
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
25
23
23
22
21
21
21
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
23
22
22
21
21
Feels °C
28
25
25
22
20
21
21
22
22
22
22
23
24
24
25
23
22
20
22
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