Tora-Shipwreck Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.51° S 175.53° E

Tora-Shipwreck 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 28 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tora-Shipwreck sea temperature is
14.2°C
1.0° 

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 (28 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 12s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Tora-Shipwreck at 8PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 28). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (28 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (28 Oct)3ft (0.9m)11s

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 17°C on Thu morning, min 8°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Wed night, calm by Thu night).

Wed
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
3
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SSW
9
1.1
SSW
12
1
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
11
0.9
SSW
11
0.9
SSW
10
0.9
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
14
0.7
SSW
16
0.8
SSW
15
0.7
SSW
15
0.7
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
16
1
SSW
15
1.1
SSW
14
1.4
SSW
14
1.3
SSW
13
1.2
SSW
13
1.2
SSW
12
1.8
SSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
225
386
303
217
161
152
269
233
237
291
191
188
133
387
417
494
704
615
469
399
843
Wind (km/h)
25
NW
35
NW
40
NW
35
NW
35
NW
45
NW
40
WNW
40
NW
40
WNW
35
WNW
20
SW
15
S
5
ENE
25
WNW
20
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
30
NW
25
W
25
SSW
35
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
on
on
High Tide
7:04AM1.57m
7:33PM1.45m
7:58AM1.61m
8:28PM1.46m
8:53AM1.64m
9:24PM1.46m
Low Tide
1:26PM0.07m
1:42AM0.09m
2:23PM0.05m
2:37AM0.07m
3:19PM0.03m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
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Temp °C
15
16
16
14
13
13
12
13
16
17
14
10
10
10
11
9
13
14
15
12
9
Feels °C
9
9
8
7
6
3
3
5
8
10
10
7
9
3
5
6
10
7
9
6
1
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