Shipstern Bluff surf break

Shipstern Bluff surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm 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
15.6° 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 6AM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm April 21). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (22 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (22 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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


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Tue
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
SW
0.5
SSW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)191818161616161511111414131816151514131312121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2035415343903713672481711691641009162174502505410313295224141144167121
Wind
(km/h)
30
NE
30
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
15
NNE
15
NE
15
NNE
5
NW
10
E
10
E
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
SE
10
SSE
5
S
5
W
10
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrossonononcross-
on
onglasscrossoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:54PM
1.15
2:27PM
0.77
10:51PM
1.12
3:16PM
0.77
11:50PM
1.08
3:47PM
0.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:11AM
-0.02
4:14PM
0.76
7:08AM
0.01
5:31PM
0.75
8:00AM
0.06
Tue
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise----6:48-------6:48-------6:50---
Sunset-------5:25-------5:23-------5:22
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131313121214202120181515131314141413131313162125
Feels °C (?)778779161817161415121213121313131210131823
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