West Shore Beach surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 05 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 2.5°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 7PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (05 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (05 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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

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Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
ENE
0.1
E
0.2
E
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.1
E
0.3
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)1111111111101010101010103999991034444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3142832882331621321028063503635326131312227533
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
E
15
ENE
10
NE
10
W
5
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
20
W
20
W
10
E
15
NE
10
WNW
10
W
5
WNW
5
NW
5
ENE
15
E
10
E
5
ESE
5
W
5
W
10
W
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:32PM
1.83
7:00AM
1.98
7:31PM
1.84
7:58AM
1.99
8:31PM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:22PM
0.17
12:46AM
0.16
1:22PM
0.13
1:43AM
0.13
2:21PM
0.11
2:39AM
0.10
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Sunrise-------5:37-------5:37-------5:37
Sunset---8:25-------8:27-------8:28----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C192120201919192325302624222120182425222219181818
Feels °C (?)161817191717161819252421201818162221202220171616
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