Shipstern Bluff surf break

Shipstern Bluff surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 17 Feb 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
16.5° C
(Which is 1.0°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 9AM is: 1.4m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am February 17). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)18s
Afternoon (17 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)17s
Evening (17 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)16s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
4
4
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
3
1
3
2
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.9
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
3.5
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
2.3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)201918171716161616161515151514141414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)290608120513771175949915778612512409530117111241289429414381133102718062535282723101974
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
NE
25
NE
25
S
20
SW
35
W
30
W
30
W
25
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
W
30
W
30
W
20
NW
30
NW
30
WSW
40
SW
40
SW
35
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:48AM
1.14
9:03PM
0.68
7:39AM
1.10
9:40PM
0.73
8:35AM
1.03
10:16PM
0.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:52PM
0.56
2:30PM
0.16
1:00AM
0.55
3:09PM
0.18
2:13AM
0.54
3:47PM
0.23
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise--6:31-------6:31-------6:33-----
Sunset------8:14-------8:12-------8:10-
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------175-----1----1----
Temp. °C161616212425191515141416191817161515161716161514
Feels °C (?)1313121720211712878101311111091010118779
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