West Shore Beach surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 30 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
18.7° C
(Which is 2.7°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 12PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 30). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Nov)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (30 Nov)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (30 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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

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Sunday
30
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wed
03
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
1.3
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
Period(s) (?)99999991010101011111010101010101010666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)816059575757791021061081082381841061027372717169471155631
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
NW
10
NE
15
E
5
NNE
15
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
20
N
15
NNW
0
N
10
E
25
ESE
15
ESE
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
E
20
E
10
SE
5
SSW
5
WNW
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglasscrosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:20AM
1.46
1:51PM
1.57
2:14AM
1.53
2:42PM
1.63
3:11AM
1.62
3:37PM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:32AM
0.31
8:06PM
0.25
8:27AM
0.29
8:56PM
0.23
9:25AM
0.27
9:50PM
0.22
Sunday
30
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wed
03
Sunrise-5:39-------5:39-------5:39------
Sunset-----8:21-------8:22-------8:22--
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------11--
Temp. °C141418212321202021202324222017141313181919181717
Feels °C (?)121316182319181819182222181816111111171618181817
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