West Shore Beach surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 26 Feb 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
19.9° C
(Which is 1.0°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 5AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 26). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (26 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (26 Feb)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
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
E
0.3
SE
0.3
E
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)1010101010109991069599955666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)779658596045412930341813488162127263434303131
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
5
NW
5
W
5
NNW
5
WNW
15
ENE
15
ENE
5
SE
10
SW
10
SW
5
W
5
WNW
5
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:16AM
1.74
1:46PM
1.65
2:16AM
1.74
2:45PM
1.63
3:15AM
1.73
3:44PM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:02PM
0.19
7:38AM
0.20
7:58PM
0.19
8:38AM
0.19
8:56PM
0.18
9:36AM
0.17
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise---6:50-------6:52-------6:52----
Sunset-------7:59-------7:58-------7:55
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------1381-1----
Temp. °C151514141923212019191817181818161515151415151515
Feels °C (?)131413142021202119191917181615131213131113131313
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