Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at West Shore Beach today (17 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with ESE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with ESE swell.
The current surf forecast for West Shore Beach at 10PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (17 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 10s |
| Evening (17 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at West Shore Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri afternoon, fresh winds from the W by Sat night). | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 17 | Friday 18 | Saturday 19 | |||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 10 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 14 | SE 14 | ESE 13 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 11 | SE 13 | ESE 11 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 55 | 49 | 32 | 40 | 46 | 151 | 131 | 125 | 119 | 109 | 46 | 84 | 93 | 93 | 90 | 70 | 69 | 68 | 68 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | glassy | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 10:20PM1.62m | 10:40AM1.64m | 11:06PM1.57m | 11:29AM1.58m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:14PM0.37m | 4:33AM0.40m | 5:00PM0.40m | 5:19AM0.43m | 5:48PM0.42m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 6:02 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:04 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:05 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Feels °C | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 14 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 10 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 11 | ESE 13 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | SE 6 |
| kJ | 55 | 49 | 32 | 35 | 45 | 151 | 131 | 125 | 119 | 109 | 46 | 84 | 93 | 93 | 90 | 70 | 69 | 68 | 20 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 15 | SE 15 | ESE 11 | ESE 14 | SE 14 | NE 4 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | ENE 7 | SE 13 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | SE 5 | SE 7 | ESE 11 |
| kJ | 5 | 9 | 24 | 40 | 46 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 68 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 8 | S 15 | SE 15 | ESE 11 | NE 4 | S 15 | S 18 | S 17 | E 6 | SE 13 | ENE 7 | — | S 19 | S 4 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 |
| kJ | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 46 | 15 | — | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 17 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | N 2 | N 3 | NNE 3 | NNE 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSW 6 | SSW 3 | S 4 | S 5 | S 5 | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 2 | 19 | 33 | 26 | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 4 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
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