West Shore Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.46° S 176.88° E

West Shore Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's West Shore Beach sea temperature is
14.7°C
0.4° 

West Shore Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at West Shore Beach today (05 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 6s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 4s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for West Shore Beach at 4PM is: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Nov)1ft (0.3m)6s
Afternoon (05 Nov)2ft (0.6m)4s
Evening (05 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

Table - waves today at West Shore Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 27°C on Fri afternoon, min 15°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, fresh winds from the NE by Sat morning).

Thu
5
Friday
6
Saturday
7
Sun
8
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
ENE
6
0.4
ENE
6
0.6
ENE
4
1.1
ENE
5
0.8
ENE
6
0.8
ENE
6
0.6
ENE
7
0.5
ENE
7
0.5
E
6
0.5
ENE
6
1
ENE
4
0.6
ENE
5
0.5
ENE
5
0.4
ENE
5
0.5
ENE
7
0.3
ENE
7
0.3
ENE
7
0.3
ENE
7
1.1
NE
7
0.9
ENE
7
0.6
ENE
7
0.9
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
7
12
11
71
48
55
34
25
22
24
37
18
13
9
31
11
11
11
122
96
43
103
51
50
Wind (km/h)
5
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
5
SSE
5
WSW
5
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
15
NNE
10
NW
10
N
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
High Tide
3:06PM1.61m
3:40AM1.53m
4:00PM1.58m
4:34AM1.56m
4:53PM1.56m
5:25AM1.61m
Low Tide
8:53AM0.17m
9:25PM0.16m
9:52AM0.22m
10:17PM0.22m
10:48AM0.27m
11:08PM0.29m
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Temp °C
18
18
19
17
16
18
18
19
23
26
27
24
22
20
19
18
21
21
21
22
20
18
16
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Feels °C
17
15
18
17
16
18
17
18
21
24
23
20
21
19
18
17
20
17
18
20
18
15
15
13
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