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Shipstern Bluff surf break

Shipstern Bluff surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 29 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Shipstern Bluff surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Shipstern Bluff sea temperature is
16.7° C
 (Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Shipstern Bluff today?

The current surf forecast for Shipstern Bluff at 10PM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 29). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)--
Afternoon (29 Jan)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (29 Jan)4ft (1.2m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.1
SW
2
SW
2.5
SW
Period(s) (?)12121211111110101010131312121212111111111113127
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3653843713352782001821751271332993112872362322282172132091508364181150527
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
25
NE
20
NE
10
NE
5
NW
10
W
10
SSW
5
S
20
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
0
SE
5
SE
5
ESE
10
ENE
10
ENE
20
E
20
S
15
S
10
SE
10
NW
20
WNW
40
WSW
45
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrossononcross-
on		cross-
on		onglassglasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crossononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:41PM
0.65
4:47AM
1.25
7:54PM
0.64
5:38AM
1.26
8:59PM
0.64
6:30AM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:43PM
0.59
12:47PM
0.01
10:27PM
0.61
1:43PM
0.00
11:14PM
0.62
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise------6:05-------6:07-------6:09-
Sunset--8:37-------8:37-------8:36-----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------11
Temp. °C151615151514141516161514141414161817161514141311
Feels °C (?)1212121315131314121314141313121516151313121052
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