Shipwreck Bay-Pines Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.17° S 173.10° E

Shipwreck Bay-Pines 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Shipwreck Bay-Pines sea temperature is
15.3°C
0.3° 

Shipwreck Bay-Pines surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Shipwreck Bay-Pines today (09 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 10s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 11s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Shipwreck Bay-Pines at 7PM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 20s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Afternoon (09 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Evening (09 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

Table - waves today at Shipwreck Bay-Pines. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Thu morning, min 11°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Wed night, fresh winds from the SSW by Thu night).

Wed
9
Thursday
10
Friday
11
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
0
0
1
3
2
2
6
6
6
6
7
7
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
SW
12
1.6
SW
12
1.7
WSW
10
1.9
WSW
11
2
SW
11
2
SW
11
2.1
SW
12
2.1
SW
11
1.3
SW
18
1.2
SW
18
1.3
SW
17
3
SW
10
1.8
SW
16
1.6
SW
20
2.1
SW
20
5
SW
19
5.5
SW
19
5.5
SW
19
5.5
SW
18
5.5
SW
18
5
SW
18
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
822
671
565
784
932
932
1121
1064
1099
881
951
1577
1591
1943
3355
18442
20981
21253
20607
19197
16441
Wind (km/h)
10
NNE
15
WSW
10
W
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
40
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
WSW
Wind State
on
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:53AM3.28m
8:18PM3.56m
8:42AM3.45m
9:03PM3.69m
9:26AM3.57m
Low Tide
2:07PM0.56m
2:33AM0.44m
2:53PM0.36m
3:16AM0.28m
3:35PM0.24m
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
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part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:35
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:14
6:14
6:15
 mm
1
1
4
3
1
1
1
Temp °C
13
13
12
12
12
11
11
12
14
14
14
12
12
11
11
11
13
13
14
13
13
Feels °C
11
10
10
10
10
9
9
10
11
10
9
5
5
4
3
2
5
5
6
7
8
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