Shipwrecks 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 21.91° S 165.75° E

Issued: 10 am 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Shipwrecks sea temperature is

22.6°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Shipwrecks today (27 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 13s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Shipwrecks at 3PM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+11) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (27 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	13s
Afternoon (27 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	8s
Evening (27 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 22°C on Sun afternoon, min 19°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Sun night, fresh winds from the SE by Tue afternoon).
	Sunday 27						Monday 28								Tuesday 29
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 14	SSW 13	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	S 13	SE 7	SSW 12	SSW 12	SE 6	SE 6	SSW 18	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 14
Wave Graph
kJ	192	181	140	305	223	125	119	92	95	96	85	59	55	46	43	46	103	155	206	273	381	521
Wind (km/h)	E	SSE	SE	ESE	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	S	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		8:13AM1.24m				8:22PM1.33m				8:51AM1.29m				8:52PM1.30m				9:30AM1.31m				9:24PM1.25m
Low Tide				2:14PM0.20m				2:39AM0.10m				2:51PM0.23m				3:11AM0.07m				3:31PM0.29m


	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:39	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:53	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Temp °C	19	21	22	22	22	20	19	19	19	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	20	20	20	21	20
Feels °C	18	19	19	20	21	19	19	19	19	20	18	18	19	18	19	17	17	17	15	15	18	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SE 8	SSW 13	SE 8	SE 8	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	S 13	SSW 12	SE 5	SE 5	SE 6	SSE 7	SSE 5	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SE 5	SSW 14
kJ	187	143	137	147	110	79	65	54	42	41	85	47	28	30	43	29	19	155	206	273	67	521
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 9	SSW 13	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SE 13	SE 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SE 12	SSW 12	SSW 11	SE 12	SE 14	SE 14	SSW 15	S 10
kJ	192	181	15	141	147	125	119	92	95	96	43	59	47	46	37	27	42	49	33	73	381	53
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 14	SE 14	SE 14	SE 14	ESE 14	SE 12	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SW 17	SSW 16	SE 12	SE 12	SSW 12	SE 12	SSW 18	SSW 11	SE 14	SSW 11	SE 14	SE 13
kJ	18	32	33	33	21	23	26	61	61	61	12	26	55	38	28	22	103	38	33	22	69	62
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	—	—	—	—	—	SSE 7	SE 7	SE 5	SE 5	SE 6	SE 6	SE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SE 5	ESE 5	SE 5
kJ	—	—	140	305	223	—	—	—	—	—	33	57	61	53	39	46	31	14	77	106	90	36
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Shipwrecks New-Caledonia	Ouano Lefts New-Caledonia	Kingston Norfolk Island	Ouano Lefts New-Caledonia	Shipwrecks New-Caledonia	Shipwrecks New-Caledonia	Shipwrecks New-Caledonia	Shipwrecks New-Caledonia	Shipwrecks New-Caledonia	Double Island Point - North Coast QLD - North Coast	Noosa - Granite Bay QLD - Sunshine Coast	Noosa - Tea Tree Bay QLD - Sunshine Coast	Desperations Mamanucas	Ouano Lefts New-Caledonia	Shipwrecks New-Caledonia	Ouano Lefts New-Caledonia	Ouano Lefts New-Caledonia	Noosa - Tea Tree Bay QLD - Sunshine Coast	Cloudbreak Mamanucas	Desperations Mamanucas	Nera Rivermouth New-Caledonia	Ouano Lefts New-Caledonia
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	3
Distance (km)	0	6	825	6	0	0	0	0	0	1353	1374	1375	1273	6	0	6	6	1375	1276	1273	44	6
Best forecast wave conditions in New Caledonia	St Vincent Left	Ouano Lefts		Ouano Lefts	St Vincent Left	Ouano Rights	Ouano Rights	Ouano Rights	St Vincent Left					Ouano Lefts	Ouano Lefts	Ouano Lefts	Ouano Lefts				La Roche Percee (Bonhomme de Bourail)	Ouano Lefts
Rating (10 max)	2	2		3	2	2	2	2	1					1	1	1	1				2	3
Best forecast wave conditions in New Caledonia	St Vincent Left New-Caledonia	Ouano Lefts New-Caledonia		Ouano Lefts New-Caledonia	St Vincent Left New-Caledonia	Ouano Rights New-Caledonia	Ouano Rights New-Caledonia	Ouano Rights New-Caledonia	St Vincent Left New-Caledonia					Ouano Lefts New-Caledonia	Ouano Lefts New-Caledonia	Ouano Lefts New-Caledonia	Ouano Lefts New-Caledonia				La Roche Percee (Bonhomme de Bourail) New-Caledonia	Ouano Lefts New-Caledonia
Rating (10 max)	2	2		3	2	2	2	2	1					1	1	1	1				2	3
Header Global	Trial Harbour Australia	Asu Indonesia	Asu Indonesia	Asu Indonesia	Asu Indonesia	Asu Indonesia	Bondo Kodi Indonesia	Bondo Kodi Indonesia	Trial Harbour Australia	Asu Indonesia	Asu Indonesia	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Charleston New Zealand	White Rock - The Spit New Zealand	Humenga Point New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand
Rating (10 max)	8	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	5	7	5	9	8

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Latest Updates

Ben Mondy

Six Sun-Soaked Summer Surf Spots: Backed by 20 years of Swell and Wind Stats (and with our 20% Summer Subscription Sale)

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 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.

Shipwrecks 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

How big are the waves at Shipwrecks today (27 Sep):

Short Range Forecast

Latest Updates

Surf-Forecast Now Has Webcams

Road Testing the new Db Surf Roller Pro

Summer's Short. Life Is Long.

Roadsurfing in the Basque country

Six Sun-Soaked Summer Surf Spots: Backed by 20 years of Swell and Wind Stats (and with our 20% Summer Subscription Sale)

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website