Tora-Shipwreck Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.51° S 175.53° E

Tora-Shipwreck 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 26 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tora-Shipwreck sea temperature is
11.5°C
0.4° 

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 (27 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 16s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Tora-Shipwreck at 12AM is: 1.4m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Aug)--
Afternoon (27 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Evening (27 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 16°C on Fri morning, min 9°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Wed afternoon, light winds from the SE by Wed night).

Wed
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
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)
0
0
0
1
1
2
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
16
1.4
SSW
17
1.9
SSW
17
2.3
SSW
17
2
SSW
17
2.3
SSW
17
2.2
S
16
2
SSW
16
2
SSW
15
1.8
SSW
14
1.6
S
13
1.5
S
13
1.4
S
12
1.3
S
12
1.2
S
12
1
S
11
1
S
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
472
421
604
1125
2048
2953
2276
2884
2605
1889
1635
1270
905
764
613
496
416
244
253
Wind (km/h)
40
NW
35
NW
35
WNW
15
WSW
15
SSE
10
SE
10
E
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
N
35
NNW
30
NW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:54AM1.25m
4:19PM1.39m
4:39AM1.27m
5:03PM1.40m
Low Tide
9:52PM0.29m
10:00AM0.26m
10:37PM0.26m
10:46AM0.23m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:50
6:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:45
5:46
5:47
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
15
15
15
12
9
9
9
9
10
10
11
11
11
14
13
16
13
14
13
Feels °C
8
9
8
9
5
6
6
5
6
6
7
8
8
10
8
11
8
7
7
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