Shipstern Bluff surf break

Shipstern Bluff surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
15.8° C
(Which is 1.7°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 3PM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 21). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (21 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (21 Apr)3ft (0.9m)18s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
1
2
1
2
2
1
0
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.6
SW
0.5
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)999131918181616161615111114142018161615141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21115512910820354153439037136724817117016410091149651864793492404261250
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
20
NE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NW
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SE
5
SE
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:11PM
0.76
9:54PM
1.15
2:27PM
0.77
10:51PM
1.12
3:16PM
0.77
11:50PM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:09AM
-0.02
3:14PM
0.74
6:11AM
-0.02
4:14PM
0.76
7:08AM
0.01
5:31PM
0.75
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise6:47-------6:48-------6:48-------
Sunset---5:27-------5:25-------5:23----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------2---------
Temp. °C131415141313131212141919191716151513141414141514
Feels °C (?)10101098787791516161415141312131214131311
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