Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.17° S 173.14° E

Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 15 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks sea temperature is
16.3°C
0.7° 

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 (15 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks at 11PM is: 2.1m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.2m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 2.5m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Oct)--
Afternoon (15 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Evening (15 Oct)7ft (2.1m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu afternoon, min 11°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.

Thu
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
2
3
3
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
Swell
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
14
1.9
SW
14
2.1
SW
14
3.5
WSW
13
4.5
WSW
10
5
WSW
13
5
WSW
13
4.5
WSW
14
4.5
WSW
13
4
WSW
13
3.5
WSW
13
3
SW
13
3
SW
12
2.4
SW
12
2.2
SW
11
2
SW
11
1.8
SW
11
1.6
SW
12
1.2
SW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1147
1398
1637
4563
4121
8787
8844
7776
6425
4879
3556
2845
2256
1627
1193
952
798
711
396
Wind (km/h)
25
W
30
W
25
W
30
W
35
W
30
SW
30
SSW
30
S
30
S
30
S
35
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
1:15AM3.07m
1:35PM3.13m
1:58AM2.89m
2:22PM2.96m
Low Tide
7:15PM0.87m
7:31AM0.84m
7:58PM1.05m
8:13AM1.02m
8:49PM1.20m
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
—
—
—
—
6:43
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:43
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
7:40
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:42
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:42
—
 mm
—
—
—
1
1
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Temp °C
16
15
14
13
13
13
14
14
14
13
13
12
11
11
12
13
13
13
13
Feels °C
10
9
8
6
5
6
7
7
7
6
5
4
3
3
3
5
6
7
8
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest