Shipstern Bluff surf break

Shipstern Bluff surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 12 Mar 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 1.4°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 2AM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 25s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 12). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Mar)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (13 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Evening (13 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
4
4
4
2
5
5
7
9
8
7
4
4
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.1
SW
2
SW
3
SW
1.2
S
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)8988812121212112019191918171718171717161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13361475136411419121869171512501074204111031287126013911245396753487740807474886115468637053175
Wind
(km/h)
50
WSW
50
WSW
45
WSW
45
SW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
S
15
S
10
SSW
15
NNE
15
N
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
SSE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:09AM
1.03
5:03PM
0.65
3:00AM
1.06
5:37PM
0.67
3:51AM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:02PM
0.62
10:07AM
0.22
8:04PM
0.61
10:50AM
0.19
9:05PM
0.59
11:33AM
0.17
Thu
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise----7:01-------7:03-------7:03---
Sunset-------7:34-------7:32-------7:30
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11121-------------------
Temp. °C121211121213141514131211101215161514141212131516
Feels °C (?)11123469898871012131411121010111312
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