Shipwrecks Surf Break

Lat Long: 21.91° S 165.75° E

Shipwrecks 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 17 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Shipwrecks sea temperature is
23.3° C
0.6° 

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 (17 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 12s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Shipwrecks at 8PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm July 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jul)--
Afternoon (17 Jul)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (17 Jul)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 97mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 24°C on Fri afternoon, min 19°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
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)
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
2
4
4
3
3
5
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
11
1
SW
11
1
SW
10
0.8
SSW
18
1
SSW
18
1.2
SSW
17
1.3
SSW
17
1.3
SSW
17
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
15
1.1
SSW
15
1.1
SSW
15
1
SSW
21
1.4
SSW
21
1.5
SSW
20
1.8
SSW
20
1.7
SSW
20
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
247
239
211
229
212
348
582
776
946
969
848
806
679
544
522
979
1615
1747
2600
2177
Wind (km/h)
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
10
NNE
10
ENE
15
S
10
ESE
15
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
10
E
10
NE
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
cross-on
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
10:34PM1.42m
10:29AM1.09m
11:11PM1.36m
11:19AM1.06m
Low Tide
4:55AM0.32m
4:36PM0.13m
5:35AM0.31m
5:18PM0.26m
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part cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:30
5:30
5:30
 mm
1
1
3
1
3
4
7
20
18
18
19
1
1
Temp °C
24
24
23
22
22
22
22
21
22
22
21
21
21
20
19
19
20
20
20
20
Feels °C
25
24
23
23
23
23
23
22
23
23
21
23
22
21
20
19
19
19
20
21
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