Tora-Shipwreck surf break

Tora-Shipwreck surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 18 Apr 2026 NZST
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Tora-Shipwreck surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tora-Shipwreck sea temperature is
16.3° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tora-Shipwreck today?

The current surf forecast for Tora-Shipwreck at 1AM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (19 Apr)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (19 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ESE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.1
SSE
1.5
S
1.9
S
2.3
S
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)12778991010101010101010101088689101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27867710924738739430127520722517112212512512078758726557596310861106
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNW
20
NNW
10
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
ENE
5
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
15
S
10
SSW
5
S
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:05AM
1.49
6:32PM
1.61
7:01AM
1.50
7:28PM
1.64
7:58AM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:57PM
0.05
12:17PM
0.06
12:54AM
0.02
1:12PM
0.05
1:53AM
0.01
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise------6:52-------6:52-------6:54-
Sunset5:42-------5:40-------5:38-------
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1351-----14511-13---11--
Temp. °C161615141413141818151313121313131313121212121314
Feels °C (?)11131411121112161714129789101112111011111213
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