West Shore Beach surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 18 Feb 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
20.7° C
(Which is 1.8°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 12AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)--
Afternoon (19 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (19 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.8
E
1
E
1.1
E
0.9
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)10101312121211121211121011101110999999910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5739675011310916627632219313712214912782886442414140252423
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
NE
5
NNW
10
W
10
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
10
NE
5
S
10
NE
5
NW
10
NW
10
W
20
WNW
25
W
15
WSW
15
SW
30
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
10
SW
10
W
0
W
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:24PM
1.47
7:48AM
1.61
8:14PM
1.54
8:36AM
1.65
9:01PM
1.60
9:23AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:17PM
0.24
1:30AM
0.20
2:05PM
0.20
2:17AM
0.17
2:52PM
0.17
3:06AM
0.17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise-----6:41-------6:43-------6:45--
Sunset-8:09-------8:08-------8:07------
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C201918161414202225232220161621252623191513121517
Feels °C (?)191918141212172025232219151215202217151110101415
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