Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes Surf Forecast

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Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 21 Oct 2025 NZDT

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

Today's Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes sea temperature is 17.0° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes today?

The current surf forecast for Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes at 1AM is: 3.0m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (22 Oct)	10ft (3.0m)	15s
Afternoon (22 Oct)	11ft (3.5m)	16s
Evening (22 Oct)	13ft (4.0m)	15s

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

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	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	3	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	17	16	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1099	1363	1493	4730	4895	4698	4394	3918	6897	6878	6552	5403	4395	3968	3104	2140	3919	3178	2509	3720	2913	2623	2385	2197
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	NW	WNW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW	S	S	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				10:28PM 3.38				10:47AM 3.43				11:00PM 3.38				11:18AM 3.45				11:32PM 3.34				11:49AM 3.43
Low Tide / height (m)		4:24PM 0.51				4:40AM 0.41				4:57PM 0.52				5:12AM 0.43				5:29PM 0.58				5:45AM 0.51

	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-
Sunset	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	4	1	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	17	17	16	16	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	16	16	16
Feels °C (?)	15	14	15	15	14	15	16	17	17	18	17	16	16	15	16	15	16	15	15	15	17	14	13	12

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes (light winds from the WNW at Kaitaia Airport 21 km from Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes). A 2.4m long period groundswell from the WSW
1 hour 33 minutes ago Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes

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21 km away, 1 h 33 min ago

15 km/h

WNW

0.0

17.0

Air / Water (°C)

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