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Surf forecast Shipstern Bluff today

Waves, swell and wind at Shipstern Bluff (Tasmania, Australia) today and for the next 3 days, every 3 hours of daylight, with a plain verdict per day — flat, small, fun, good or big, offshore or onshore — and the best window to paddle out.

Right now

Waves1.5 m8 s · from SSW
Swell1.0 m9 s · from SW
Wind22 km/hfrom SW · gusts 45 · onshore
Water14.3 °C

Good onshore.

Shipstern Bluff surf forecast, next 3 days

  • Flat
  • Small
  • Fun
  • Good
  • Big

Sunday 25 October

Fun Best window 19:00–20:00: fun, onshore.

TimeWavesSwellWind
12:001.5 m · 8 s SSW1.0 m · 9 s SW22–45 km/h SW onshore
15:001.6 m · 8 s SSW0.9 m · 9 s SW22–49 km/h SSW onshore
18:001.6 m · 8 s SSW1.0 m · 8 s SSW20–46 km/h SSW onshore

Monday 26 October

Fun Best window 06:00–09:00: fun, cross-shore.

TimeWavesSwellWind
06:001.4 m · 9 s SSW1.1 m · 7 s SSW17–35 km/h WNW cross-shore
09:001.4 m · 9 s SW0.9 m · 9 s SW24–58 km/h WNW cross-shore
12:001.5 m · 8 s SW0.8 m · 10 s SW30–70 km/h WSW onshore
15:001.6 m · 8 s SSW0.9 m · 9 s SW23–60 km/h SSW onshore
18:001.5 m · 8 s SSW1.2 m · 8 s SSW17–49 km/h SW onshore

Tuesday 27 October

Fun Best window 06:00–09:00: fun, cross-shore.

TimeWavesSwellWind
06:001.4 m · 8 s SW0.9 m · 9 s SW20–43 km/h WNW cross-shore
09:001.5 m · 8 s SW1.0 m · 7 s SSW22–53 km/h WNW cross-shore
12:001.6 m · 8 s SW1.2 m · 7 s SSW26–62 km/h W cross-shore
15:001.8 m · 8 s SW1.5 m · 8 s SSW27–65 km/h W cross-shore
18:002.1 m · 9 s SW1.8 m · 8 s SSW28–67 km/h W cross-shore

Wednesday 28 October

Good Best window 06:00–09:00: good, cross-shore.

TimeWavesSwellWind
06:002.4 m · 11 s SW2.3 m · 9 s SW23–53 km/h WNW cross-shore
09:002.5 m · 11 s SW2.4 m · 9 s SW27–62 km/h W cross-shore
12:002.9 m · 11 s SW2.5 m · 9 s SSW25–70 km/h W cross-shore
15:003.5 m · 10 s SW2.8 m · 10 s SSW34–79 km/h SW onshore
18:003.7 m · 11 s SSW3.1 m · 10 s SSW32–76 km/h SW onshore

Every 3 hours of daylight, local time. Waves = significant height of the whole sea, with the peak period; swell = the long-period part. Arrows point where the waves and the wind are going.

Forecast for Sun 12:00 local time · updated 2026-10-25 01:11 UTC

Waves map around Shipstern Bluff

Open the waves map centred on Shipstern Bluff

Live significant wave height from NOAA WaveWatch III, averaged over 2° cells: coarser than the forecast above, so near the coast it can differ from it.

More about Shipstern Bluff

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Questions

Is there surf at Shipstern Bluff today?
Good: waves 1.5 m at 8 s from SSW, swell 1.0 m · 9 s SW (Sun 12:00).
Is the wind offshore at Shipstern Bluff?
Wind 22 km/h from SW: onshore for a beach facing SSW.
When is the best time to surf Shipstern Bluff today?
19:00–20:00 (fun, onshore)
How warm is the water at Shipstern Bluff?
14.3 °C
Where do the numbers come from?
The Open-Meteo Marine API (wave models of Météo-France, ECMWF and NOAA) for a point just off the beach, and the Open-Meteo forecast for the wind. A model at sea, not a surf report: sandbanks, reefs and tide shape the waves you actually get.

Nearby surf spots

Clifton Beach 29 km · Cape Woolamai 555 km · Gunnamatta 582 km · Bells Beach 611 km · Jan Juc 612 km · 13th Beach 612 km

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How it is computed

Hourly Open-Meteo Marine forecast (wave height, peak period and direction, swell) at a point just off Shipstern Bluff, and the Open-Meteo wind at 10 m. Size: flat under 0.3 m, small under 0.8 m, fun under 1.5 m, good under 2.5 m (with a period of 8 s or more), big above. Wind: under 8 km/h light; otherwise offshore, cross-shore or onshore from its angle to the direction the beach faces. The best window is the 3 daylight hours with the best mix of size, period and wind. Rebuilt every 3 hours. Live map.