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West Shore Beach surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 15 Jan 2026 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
19.5° C
 (Which is 1.3°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 2AM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Afternoon (15 Jan)2ft (0.6m)4s
Evening (15 Jan)2ft (0.6m)4s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
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 (?)
0.5
E
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.6
NE
0.4
NE
0.2
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.5
NE
0.4
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)566666444664666777777788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)152113308381510877141821242324151617181920
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
E
10
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NE
15
N
10
N
10
N
5
WSW
10
ESE
25
ESE
20
SE
20
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		glassglassonononcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:47AM
1.55
4:01PM
1.48
4:33AM
1.55
4:47PM
1.46
5:17AM
1.55
5:32PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:27PM
0.47
10:01AM
0.50
10:15PM
0.49
10:47AM
0.50
11:02PM
0.47
11:32AM
0.48
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise---6:01-------6:01-------6:03----
Sunset-------8:40-------8:39-------8:39
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--1---1--1-------1111---
Temp. °C181716171819232321181817202019181716151515151616
Feels °C (?)171716171718222220181818201716161615141413121312
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