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West Shore Beach surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 08 Jan 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
19.0° C
 (Which is 1.2°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 9AM is: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Afternoon (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Evening (08 Jan)1ft (0.3m)6s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
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
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
Period(s) (?)766666666666667777766666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14131212137777336334448833373
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SW
5
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
0
NNW
5
NNW
10
W
10
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
20
WSW
5
SW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
N
10
W
10
SSW
10
N
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossglassglasscross-
off		offcross-
on		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:18AM
1.80
10:46PM
1.67
11:08AM
1.73
11:34PM
1.63
11:58AM
1.66
12:24AM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:02AM
0.12
4:41PM
0.13
4:55AM
0.18
5:30PM
0.18
5:46AM
0.25
6:18PM
0.24
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise-5:54-------5:54-------5:56------
Sunset-----8:42-------8:42-------8:42--
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161518191818171615182529312923211919272933312522
Feels °C (?)151418181617181614172327272923211717252731292420
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