West Shore Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.46° S 176.88° E

West Shore Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 27 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's West Shore Beach sea temperature is
15.8°C
1.2° 

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 (27 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 4s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 4s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 5s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for West Shore Beach at 9PM is: 0.5m 5s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)4s
Afternoon (27 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)4s
Evening (27 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Thu morning, min 8°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the W by Thu night).

Tue
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
N
4
0.5
N
4
0.2
NNE
4
0.1
E
11
0.5
SE
5
0.4
SE
5
0.4
SE
4
0.3
SE
4
0.3
SE
4
0.1
E
13
0.7
E
4
0.9
NE
5
0.6
ENE
5
0.4
ENE
5
0.3
ENE
5
0.1
E
14
0.1
E
14
0.1
E
13
0.1
S
18
0.3
W
3
0.3
WSW
3
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
9
9
2
3
10
7
5
3
3
3
13
35
18
10
5
4
4
3
0
0
0
Wind (km/h)
25
NW
20
NNW
20
SSE
15
SSE
5
ESE
5
WNW
10
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
W
10
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WSW
20
W
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:15PM1.72m
7:42AM1.80m
8:08PM1.74m
8:34AM1.86m
9:03PM1.75m
Low Tide
1:03PM0.22m
1:29AM0.21m
1:57PM0.19m
2:20AM0.18m
2:53PM0.16m
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clear
clear
clear
clear
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:07
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7:44
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Temp °C
18
19
15
13
12
11
8
10
15
16
16
17
15
13
13
13
17
20
20
16
14
Feels °C
12
15
10
8
10
10
5
5
11
11
12
13
11
9
8
8
13
14
14
11
8
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