Shipwrecks Surf Break

Lat Long: 21.91° S 165.75° E

Shipwrecks 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 28 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Shipwrecks sea temperature is
22.7°C
0.4° 

Shipwrecks 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 today (28 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 12s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Shipwrecks at 9PM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm August 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Aug)--
Afternoon (28 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (28 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 21°C on Fri afternoon, min 19°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Fri night, fresh winds from the SSE by Sun afternoon).

Fri
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
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)
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
2
2
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1
0
0
0
2
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)
0.7
SSW
13
0.7
SSW
12
0.7
SSW
12
0.7
SSW
16
0.7
SSW
16
1.4
SW
11
1.8
SW
9
1.7
SW
9
1.9
SSW
9
2
SSW
9
2
SSW
9
2.2
SSW
12
2.2
SSW
12
2.1
SSW
11
2.1
SSW
11
2
SSW
11
2
SSW
10
2.1
S
10
2.1
S
10
2
S
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
149
138
134
263
253
479
538
491
601
658
644
1450
1338
1104
1034
925
787
932
954
901
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
10
SE
20
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
8:33PM1.35m
8:32AM1.15m
9:01PM1.37m
9:09AM1.18m
9:29PM1.36m
Low Tide
2:47AM0.29m
2:36PM0.13m
3:16AM0.23m
3:11PM0.16m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:09
6:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:45
5:45
5:45
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
21
21
21
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
19
19
20
20
19
19
19
19
Feels °C
20
20
21
20
19
19
18
17
16
16
16
16
17
16
18
17
15
14
14
14
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