Shipstern Bluff surf break

Shipstern Bluff surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 11 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
16.2° C
(Which is 1.3°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 5PM is: 2.0m 7s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 11). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)8ft (2.4m)8s
Afternoon (11 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Evening (11 Jan)6ft (1.9m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.1
SW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)888778888999999101116161515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)76562747541734557513310910012012312512812512513420481899110811024101010101191
Wind
(km/h)
40
SW
35
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
20
SW
15
N
10
N
10
WNW
10
W
5
SW
20
ESE
15
SE
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
SSW
10
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
S
15
S
5
SSW
5
S
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassonononononononononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:03PM
0.62
2:49AM
0.96
3:23PM
0.58
3:13AM
1.01
4:42PM
0.56
3:43AM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:30AM
0.51
7:26PM
0.44
10:19AM
0.43
7:43PM
0.48
11:01AM
0.36
8:06PM
0.51
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
Sunrise5:41-------5:43-------5:43-------
Sunset----8:50-------8:50-------8:49---
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C111213131513121111131515151414141414141414141313
Feels °C (?)1366119998111112131313121111111011131212
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