Tora-Shipwreck Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.51° S 175.53° E

Tora-Shipwreck 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tora-Shipwreck sea temperature is
13.3°C
1.3° 

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


How big are the waves at Tora-Shipwreck today (09 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Tora-Shipwreck at 6PM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 09). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Afternoon (09 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (09 Sep)4ft (1.2m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Wed afternoon, min 7°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Wed night, light winds from the NW by Thu night).

Wed
9
Thursday
10
Friday
11
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
E
8
1.3
E
8
1.3
E
8
1.3
E
8
1.2
E
8
1.1
E
8
1
E
8
0.8
ESE
8
0.7
ESE
8
0.7
E
8
0.4
SW
13
1.6
S
6
1.7
S
7
1.6
S
7
1.8
SSW
7
0.8
SSW
18
0.8
SSW
18
0.8
SSW
18
0.8
SSW
18
0.9
SSW
18
0.9
SSW
17
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
273
234
224
217
187
149
119
79
62
60
50
166
255
233
337
389
418
408
399
540
534
Wind (km/h)
10
NNE
15
NE
10
NE
15
N
25
NNW
30
NW
35
NW
25
NW
30
NW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
S
10
SSW
5
NW
15
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:02PM1.58m
3:29AM1.44m
3:57PM1.58m
4:23AM1.45m
4:51PM1.56m
Low Tide
8:42AM0.07m
9:23PM0.08m
9:39AM0.06m
10:18PM0.07m
10:35AM0.05m
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:30
6:28
6:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:00
6:00
6:01
 mm
2
4
Temp °C
9
12
14
11
10
11
12
11
12
11
9
8
9
9
8
7
8
12
13
12
9
Feels °C
6
8
11
7
5
4
5
5
6
6
3
2
3
4
4
4
4
6
7
9
6
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