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Tora-Shipwreck surf break

Tora-Shipwreck surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 08 Jan 2026 NZDT
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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
16.7° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tora-Shipwreck today?

The current surf forecast for Tora-Shipwreck at 5AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)1ft (0.3m)11s
Afternoon (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Evening (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)11s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.4
NE
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)1212121177111111114131515141313121212111199
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)55353425151511111111517235446444015141313111630
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
5
SSW
10
SSW
0
NNE
5
NNE
15
N
25
NW
35
NW
30
NW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
off		glassonononcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassonglassglassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:20PM
1.43
9:46AM
1.56
10:14PM
1.40
10:38AM
1.49
11:07PM
1.37
11:30AM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:31AM
0.07
4:10PM
0.08
4:25AM
0.12
5:01PM
0.12
5:18AM
0.17
5:49PM
0.17
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise---5:52-------5:54-------5:54----
Sunset-------8:53-------8:53-------8:53
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161514151819181918171717262827261717161825242422
Feels °C (?)161513151718171817151516242425261719171620172018
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