- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Shipstern Bluff Surf Forecast
/ TAS – East Coast (46 breaks) / Tasmania (59 breaks) /
Surf Forecasts:
Shipstern Bluff surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Wednesday 06 May 2026 AESTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
15.5° C
(Which is 1.8°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 4AM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm May 06). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (07 May) | 8ft (2.5m) | 17s |
| Afternoon (07 May) | 8ft (2.5m) | 16s |
| Evening (07 May) | 10ft (3.0m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Shipstern Bluff. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Wed night. Very mild (max 14°C on Sat morning, min 8°C on Thu afternoon). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SW on Thu night, moderate winds from the W by Sat morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wed 6 | Thursday 7 | Friday 8 | Saturday 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | |
Swell Height Map |   |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
SSW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | |
932 | 746 | 746 | 1359 | 1699 | 3416 | 1787 | 3343 | 2731 | 3792 | 7277 | 7857 | 7635 | 7749 | 7213 | 6653 | 5851 | 5220 | 5587 | 4704 | 3709 | 3281 | 2385 | 2499 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | |
High Tide | 9:00PM1.04m | 9:49PM1.04m | 2:25PM0.70m | 10:41PM1.03m | 2:23PM0.74m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:31AM0.17m | 6:10AM0.16m | 3:38PM0.70m | 6:49AM0.15m | ||||||||||||||||||||
 |  | | |  |  |  | |  | | | | | | | | |  |  | | | |  | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:04 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:01 |
6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | -1 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | SSW 16 | ENE 10 | SSW 16 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | NE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 |
 kJ | 932 | 746 | 746 | 125 | 95 | 94 | 1787 | 58 | 2731 | 57 | 39 | 40 | 26 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 4216 | 3388 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | N 7 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 161 | 161 | 128 | 329 | 246 | 4 | 82 | 130 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 9 | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 20 | S 18 | SSW 18 | NNE 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 68 | 232 | 329 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 6 | SW 5 | SW 5 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 17 | SW 6 | SW 16 | WNW 4 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 |
| kJ | 127 | 77 | 61 | 1359 | 1699 | 3416 | 261 | 3343 | 16 | 3792 | 7277 | 7857 | 7635 | 7749 | 7213 | 6653 | 5851 | 5220 | 5587 | 4704 | 3709 | 3281 | 2385 | 2499 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 30 | 30 | 30 | 35 | 250 | 35 | 35 | 41 | 47 | 41 | 155 | 747 | 747 | 612 | 123 | 35 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 30 | 35 |
Best forecast wave conditions in East Coast of Tasmania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
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 Shipstern Bluff 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