Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.17° S 173.14° E

Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks sea temperature is
15.2°C
0.1° 

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


How big are the waves at Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks today (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 17s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 17s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks at 8AM is: 3.5m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)11ft (3.5m)15s
Afternoon (06 Sep)11ft (3.5m)17s
Evening (06 Sep)11ft (3.5m)17s

Table - waves today at Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Sun night. Very mild (max 16°C on Sun night, min 10°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNW on Sun night, calm by Tue night).

Sunday
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
2
3
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
3
3
4
3
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4
SW
15
3.5
SW
15
3.5
SW
15
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
17
3
SW
17
3.5
WSW
17
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
4
WSW
15
4
WSW
11
3.5
SW
11
3.5
SW
11
3.5
SW
10
3.5
SW
11
2.5
WSW
11
2.4
WSW
11
2
WSW
11
1.6
SW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6169
5884
5774
5969
6950
5763
6447
4899
4348
4242
3745
3856
3853
7384
3618
3028
2708
2382
3271
1783
1375
903
611
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
25
WNW
25
W
25
WNW
25
W
30
W
25
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
glassy
High Tide
4:17AM2.88m
5:13PM2.96m
5:44AM2.93m
6:29PM3.14m
6:55AM3.09m
7:28PM3.36m
Low Tide
10:35AM1.17m
11:30PM1.15m
12:05PM1.06m
00:46AM0.94m
1:13PM0.82m
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:39
6:39
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:10
6:12
6:13
 mm
1
4
4
1
1
1
Temp °C
14
12
14
15
15
15
16
16
16
15
15
15
15
14
13
14
13
13
13
13
14
13
12
Feels °C
11
9
11
11
11
12
13
12
11
10
11
11
11
9
7
9
7
7
8
8
10
11
11
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