Shipwrecks Surf Break

Lat Long: 21.91° S 165.75° E

Shipwrecks 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 17 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Shipwrecks sea temperature is
22.6°C
0.1° 

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 (18 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Shipwrecks at 12AM is: 1.9m 7s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)--
Afternoon (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (18 Sep)5ft (1.5m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 21°C on Thu afternoon, min 18°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Fri afternoon, calm by Sat night).

Thu
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
S
10
0.6
S
10
1.3
SSW
5
1.8
SSW
6
2
SSW
7
2.3
SSW
8
2.4
SSW
10
2.5
SSW
12
3.5
SSW
12
3.5
SSW
12
3.5
SSW
12
3.5
SSW
12
3.5
SSW
12
3
SSW
12
3
SSW
12
3
SSW
11
3
SSW
11
2.5
SSW
11
2.4
SSW
11
2.2
S
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
102
71
87
260
440
739
1042
1787
3643
3585
3610
3377
3244
2835
2730
2161
1880
1597
1291
1144
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
25
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
40
S
35
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
11:11PM0.98m
12:42PM1.00m
11:46PM0.90m
2:02PM0.95m
Low Tide
5:39PM0.55m
5:49AM0.29m
6:31PM0.64m
6:41AM0.36m
7:57PM0.70m
clear
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:50
5:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:51
5:51
5:51
 mm
2
Temp °C
21
21
20
19
19
18
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
20
19
20
19
19
20
20
Feels °C
18
18
14
13
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
13
14
14
15
15
16
17
18
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