West Shore Beach surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 19 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
20.7° C
(Which is 1.8°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 6PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (19 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
3
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
1
E
1.1
E
0.8
E
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
E
0.5
ESE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.5
ESE
0.4
E
0.7
E
1
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)1112121212111111111099999999985558
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)166276322171137128938164656441414241253942236946271512
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
NE
5
E
10
ENE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
5
W
10
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
W
5
WSW
10
E
15
E
20
ENE
10
NNW
10
W
10
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
glassoncrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:48AM
1.61
8:14PM
1.54
8:36AM
1.65
9:01PM
1.60
9:23AM
1.69
9:47PM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:05PM
0.20
2:17AM
0.17
2:52PM
0.17
3:06AM
0.17
3:39PM
0.16
3:57AM
0.17
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise-------6:43-------6:45-------6:46
Sunset---8:08-------8:07-------8:06----
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202224222119151420252624191412111517171817141312
Feels °C (?)1720242220181411162323191411109141514151613119
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