Shipwreck Surf Break

Lat Long: 6.74° N 11.38° W

Shipwreck 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 30 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Shipwreck sea temperature is
27.3°C
0.5° 

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


How big are the waves at Shipwreck today (30 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 15s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Shipwreck at 9AM is: 1.6m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 30). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Aug)5ft (1.6m)16s
Afternoon (30 Aug)5ft (1.6m)15s
Evening (30 Aug)5ft (1.5m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 47mm), heaviest during Mon night. Warm (max 26°C on Sun morning, min 24°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
30
Monday
31
Tuesday
1
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)
3
4
4
3
2
1
1
2
2
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
SSW
15
1.6
SSW
16
1.6
SSW
16
1.6
SSW
16
1.6
SSW
15
1.5
SSW
15
1.5
SSW
15
1.4
SSW
14
1.3
SSW
14
1.3
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
14
1.4
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
13
1
SSW
13
1
SSW
13
1
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
1.3
SSW
12
1.4
SSW
12
1.4
SSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1014
1184
1184
1154
1081
924
911
834
732
722
569
553
693
427
326
326
326
265
238
181
459
522
514
Wind (km/h)
5
S
5
S
5
SE
5
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
Wind State
cross-on
glassy
glassy
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
glassy
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
7:52AM1.38m
8:12PM1.21m
8:23AM1.35m
8:49PM1.19m
8:57AM1.29m
Low Tide
1:32AM0.14m
2:06PM0.13m
2:07AM0.16m
2:40PM0.12m
2:44AM0.20m
3:17PM0.13m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:37
6:37
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:52
6:52
6:52
 mm
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
4
4
1
1
1
1
4
Temp °C
25
25
25
26
26
26
26
25
25
25
25
26
26
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
Feels °C
29
29
29
30
28
29
29
28
29
29
30
29
28
27
27
27
28
28
28
27
27
27
27
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Shipwreck surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest