West Shore Beach surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 03 Dec 2025 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
18.9° C
(Which is 2.8°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: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 03). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (03 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (03 Dec)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
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.1
E
1.2
SE
0.1
E
0.1
E
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.3
ENE
0.6
SE
0.1
E
Period(s) (?)9999999999898128912121111114109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27262625404026141466614421102782171791403821
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
15
E
20
SE
5
ESE
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
15
S
5
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
W
10
W
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
WSW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
crossglassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:34PM
1.75
5:03AM
1.83
5:33PM
1.80
6:01AM
1.92
6:32PM
1.83
7:00AM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:25AM
0.24
10:47PM
0.21
11:24AM
0.21
11:47PM
0.19
12:22PM
0.17
12:46AM
0.16
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunrise-------5:39-------5:39-------5:37
Sunset---8:23-------8:24-------8:25----
clear
clear
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--1141121----------------
Temp. °C182117161414121315192120151212131921202019191922
Feels °C (?)17191516111077712151613109101718171818171618
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