West Shore Beach surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 29 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
18.3° C
(Which is 2.3°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 29). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Nov)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (29 Nov)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (29 Nov)2ft (0.6m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
01
Tue
02
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
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
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.9
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)101010999999999999101010101111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)906565646463618360605957404041100102102106112178787572
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
15
W
10
W
15
E
15
E
10
ESE
0
E
5
NW
5
WNW
5
W
5
ENE
15
E
5
ENE
15
N
15
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
SW
15
E
20
E
15
ENE
5
NNE
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscrossglassglassglasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:00PM
1.53
1:20AM
1.46
1:51PM
1.57
2:14AM
1.53
2:42PM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:42AM
0.32
7:17PM
0.26
7:32AM
0.31
8:06PM
0.25
8:27AM
0.29
8:56PM
0.23
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
01
Tue
02
Sunrise-5:39-------5:39-------5:39------
Sunset-----8:20-------8:21-------8:22--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141622222119171515151821212120202020232420191714
Feels °C (?)121319191817171414141718201918191819222217171712
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