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West Shore Beach surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 02 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
19.6° C
 (Which is 1.1°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 2PM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Feb)1ft (0.3m)9s
Afternoon (02 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (02 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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

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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.8
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.2
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
Period(s) (?)999999988544888881010101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8161688881488666611121261010222131120
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
NW
5
N
15
NNW
20
NW
10
NW
15
N
15
N
15
N
10
N
15
NNW
15
N
25
NNW
20
NW
10
NW
10
W
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
S
25
S
15
SSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		glassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:23AM
1.84
6:52PM
1.68
7:19AM
1.83
7:48PM
1.68
8:11AM
1.81
8:41PM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:46PM
0.13
1:03AM
0.08
1:41PM
0.12
1:54AM
0.09
2:32PM
0.13
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
Sunrise-6:22-------6:22-------6:24------
Sunset-----8:28-------8:27-------8:25--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141521252728252524242628252520161615151919171512
Feels °C (?)131421252628252524242527202218141412121515121310
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