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Twenty Minute Beach

West Coast, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Right now

Conditions at 6:00 AM New Zealand Standard Time.

Poor

Well overhead (4.2 m) at 10 s, heading toward ENE, with strong cross-onshore wind toward NE.

Swell

4.2 m

ENE

10 s

Wind

29 km/h

Cross-onshore

Tide

2.2 m

Falling

Weather

8 °C

Light showers

13 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Sunday, September 20, 2026

Time	Rating	Swell	Swell direction	Wind	Wind direction	Tide	Weather
12 AM	Poor	3.5 m · 10 s	ENE	27 km/h · 79 km/h gusts	ENE Onshore	1.6 m	Light showers · 11 °C
1 AM	Fair	3.1 m · 10 s	ENE	29 km/h · 87 km/h gusts	ENE Onshore	1.9 m	Thunderstorm · 10 °C
2 AM	Fair	2.7 m · 12 s	ENE	31 km/h · 97 km/h gusts	ENE Onshore	2.2 m	Light showers · 10 °C
3 AM	Good	2.2 m · 12 s	ENE	35 km/h · 100 km/h gusts	NE Onshore	2.4 m	Thunderstorm · 8 °C
4 AM	Fair	2.9 m · 12 s	ENE	32 km/h · 98 km/h gusts	NE Onshore	2.4 m	Light showers · 7 °C
5 AM	Poor	3.6 m · 11 s	ENE	29 km/h · 98 km/h gusts	NE Onshore	2.4 m	Heavy drizzle · 7 °C
6 AM	Poor	4.2 m · 10 s	ENE	29 km/h · 93 km/h gusts	NE Onshore	2.2 m	Light showers · 8 °C
7 AM	Poor	4.5 m · 10 s	ENE	25 km/h · 88 km/h gusts	NNE Onshore	1.9 m	Drizzle · 8 °C
8 AM	Poor	4.8 m · 10 s	ENE	26 km/h · 81 km/h gusts	NE Onshore	1.5 m	Heavy drizzle · 8 °C
9 AM	Poor	5.1 m · 10 s	ENE	26 km/h · 81 km/h gusts	NE Onshore	1.3 m	Heavy drizzle · 8 °C
10 AM	Poor	5 m · 10 s	ENE	28 km/h · 83 km/h gusts	NE Onshore	1.1 m	Light drizzle · 10 °C
11 AM	Poor	5 m · 11 s	ENE	29 km/h · 84 km/h gusts	NE Onshore	1.1 m	Drizzle · 10 °C
12 PM	Poor	4.9 m · 11 s	ENE	32 km/h · 89 km/h gusts	NE Onshore	1.2 m	Drizzle · 11 °C
1 PM	Poor	5.1 m · 11 s	ENE	32 km/h · 89 km/h gusts	NE Onshore	1.5 m	Light drizzle · 11 °C
2 PM	Poor	5.2 m · 11 s	ENE	31 km/h · 89 km/h gusts	NE Onshore	1.8 m	Light drizzle · 11 °C
3 PM	Poor	5.4 m · 11 s	ENE	29 km/h · 87 km/h gusts	NNE Onshore	2.1 m	Light drizzle · 11 °C
4 PM	Poor	5.4 m · 11 s	ENE	29 km/h · 82 km/h gusts	NNE Onshore	2.2 m	Light drizzle · 11 °C
5 PM	Poor	5.4 m · 11 s	ENE	23 km/h · 80 km/h gusts	NNE Onshore	2.3 m	Light drizzle · 11 °C
6 PM	Poor	5.5 m · 11 s	ENE	18 km/h · 68 km/h gusts	NNE Onshore	2.2 m	Mostly clear · 10 °C
7 PM	Poor	5.4 m · 11 s	ENE	13 km/h · 52 km/h gusts	NNE Cross-shore	2 m	Clear · 9 °C
8 PM	Fair	5.3 m · 11 s	ENE	10 km/h · 37 km/h gusts	NNE Cross-shore	1.7 m	Mostly clear · 9 °C
9 PM	Fair	5.3 m · 11 s	ENE	9 km/h · 31 km/h gusts	NNE Cross-shore	1.4 m	Partly cloudy · 9 °C
10 PM	Fair	5.2 m · 11 s	ENE	7 km/h · 27 km/h gusts	N Cross-shore	1.2 m	Overcast · 9 °C
11 PM	Fair	5 m · 11 s	ENE	6 km/h · 24 km/h gusts	NNW Cross-shore	1.1 m	Overcast · 9 °C