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West Shore Beach surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 26 Nov 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
18.2° C
 (Which is 2.5°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 1PM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (26 Nov)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (26 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Sat
29
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
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ENE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.5
ENE
1
E
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.5
E
0.6
E
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1
E
0.6
E
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)666666777712111166111110101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)115413362521678979624869935401558183187147141136104104125122
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
ENE
25
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNE
25
N
20
NNW
10
NNE
10
NW
5
NW
10
NW
5
NW
10
N
15
WNW
5
SE
5
NE
5
WNW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscrossglasscross-
on		cross-
off		glassonglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:35AM
1.55
11:02PM
1.43
11:22AM
1.52
11:45PM
1.42
12:10PM
1.51
12:30AM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:20AM
0.41
4:59PM
0.34
5:06AM
0.38
5:44PM
0.31
5:53AM
0.35
6:30PM
0.28
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Sat
29
Sunrise-5:41-------5:41-------5:41------
Sunset-----8:16-------8:17-------8:19--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------------112--
Temp. °C141521242427222016172427292523201819242423191917
Feels °C (?)141419222223201915162223262423201719242325202117
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