West Shore Beach surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 02 Dec 2025 NZDT
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West Shore Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's West Shore Beach sea temperature is
18.7° C
(Which is 2.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at West Shore Beach today?

The current surf forecast for West Shore Beach at 4AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Dec)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (02 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (02 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
1.2
SE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SE
Period(s) (?)10101010101010109999999999999101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7573727249484744278360262626262525251414143100450
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
10
W
5
NW
5
WNW
5
ESE
15
E
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SW
10
W
5
WNW
10
S
5
S
5
SSE
20
SE
15
SSE
10
S
20
SW
40
SW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
25
SSW
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:11AM
1.62
3:37PM
1.69
4:07AM
1.73
4:34PM
1.75
5:03AM
1.83
5:33PM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:56PM
0.23
9:25AM
0.27
9:50PM
0.22
10:25AM
0.24
10:47PM
0.21
11:24AM
0.21
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Sunrise---5:39-------5:39-------5:39----
Sunset-------8:22-------8:23-------8:24
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------1231-47811712---
Temp. °C171413141822222018161615161616161514131313141817
Feels °C (?)16111113162020191815171416161415141165671311
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