West Shore Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.46° S 176.88° E

West Shore Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's West Shore Beach sea temperature is
13.7°C
0.3° 

West Shore Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at West Shore Beach today (09 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for West Shore Beach at 2AM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 08). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (09 Oct)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (09 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun morning, min 11°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
E
9
0.8
E
9
0.7
E
8
0.8
E
7
0.8
E
7
1.1
E
7
1.2
ESE
7
0.9
E
7
0.9
ESE
7
0.9
ESE
7
0.8
E
7
0.8
E
7
0.8
E
7
0.8
E
7
0.8
E
7
0.7
E
7
0.7
E
7
0.7
E
6
0.7
E
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
102
93
63
67
61
124
147
74
77
77
59
59
59
57
57
44
43
41
40
Wind (km/h)
5
S
5
S
10
S
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
S
5
S
5
SSE
0
SSE
0
NE
10
E
10
ENE
5
NNE
Wind State
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
on
glassy
High Tide
4:18PM1.64m
4:51AM1.55m
5:13PM1.63m
5:45AM1.59m
6:05PM1.63m
Low Tide
10:38PM0.14m
11:04AM0.16m
11:32PM0.18m
11:57AM0.20m
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
—
—
—
—
6:35
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:33
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
7:22
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:23
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:24
—
 mm
1
—
—
—
1
1
1
1
1
1
—
1
1
1
1
—
—
—
—
Temp °C
13
13
13
12
11
12
12
13
12
13
13
13
12
13
13
14
16
14
14
Feels °C
12
12
12
10
9
11
11
12
10
12
12
13
12
13
14
15
14
12
14
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our West Shore Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest