Shipstern Bluff

Shipstern Bluff is an SSW-facing reef break in Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia. It picks up swell from E to ESE and ESE to SW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 44% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the NNE: light winds or NNE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while SSW onshores chop it up.

Break

Reef

Faces

SSW (205°)

Best swell

S to WSW (190°–250°), 11 s or longer

Best wind

NNW to ENE offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

10–30 ft at the beach

Swell window

E to ESE (92.5° to 108°); ESE to SW (114.5° to 227°)

Offshore wind

NNE

Tide

Model estimate

Wave buoy

None within 250 km

Cams

None yet