Shipstern Bluff Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.20° S 147.72° E

Shipstern Bluff 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 07 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Shipstern Bluff sea temperature is
12.5°C
0.8° 

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


How big are the waves at Shipstern Bluff today (07 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 7s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 8s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 9s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Shipstern Bluff at 3PM is: 2.1m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 20s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Sep)7ft (2.2m)7s
Afternoon (07 Sep)7ft (2.1m)8s
Evening (07 Sep)6ft (1.9m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 14°C on Tue afternoon, min 6°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Mon night, near gales from the WSW by Wed morning).

Monday
7
Tuesday
8
Wednesday
9
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
4
3
4
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
SW
6
2.3
SSW
7
2.1
SSW
8
2.1
SSW
8
1.9
SSW
9
1.7
SSW
9
0.9
SSW
19
1.6
SSW
19
1.2
SSW
18
1.3
SSW
18
2
SSW
17
2.1
SSW
17
2.4
SW
16
3
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
4
SSW
19
4.5
SSW
19
5
SSW
18
5
SSW
18
5.5
SSW
18
5.5
SSW
18
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
356
568
536
522
575
449
657
1860
870
1026
2309
2492
2796
4888
5267
5727
12612
14754
14443
15883
17656
17575
Wind (km/h)
45
SSW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
25
WSW
20
W
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
40
SW
45
WSW
45
WSW
50
WSW
55
WSW
50
WSW
50
SW
50
WSW
45
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
4:57AM0.70m
2:57PM1.18m
5:44AM0.70m
3:53PM1.16m
6:25AM0.71m
4:50PM1.11m
Low Tide
8:14AM0.62m
10:48PM0.05m
9:16AM0.61m
11:37PM0.09m
10:20AM0.58m
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:26
6:24
6:22
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:47
5:49
5:50
 mm
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
9
10
11
11
11
9
8
7
6
9
13
14
12
8
8
8
8
9
9
10
10
10
Feels °C
-1
0
2
2
5
3
3
2
1
4
8
6
4
-1
-2
-3
-3
-4
-3
-1
-1
0
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