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West End Beach

Southland, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Right now

Conditions at 6:00 AM New Zealand Standard Time.

Poor

Ankle-high (0.3 m) at 9 s, heading toward ESE, with strong cross-offshore wind toward ENE.

Swell

0.3 m

ESE

9 s

Wind

32 km/h

ENE

Cross-offshore

Tide

1.7 m

Rising

Weather

7 °C

Light drizzle

11 °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	0.4 m · 9 s	ESE	35 km/h · 83 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	1.3 m	Drizzle · 6 °C
1 AM	Poor	0.3 m · 10 s	ESE	34 km/h · 89 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	1.1 m	Light drizzle · 6 °C
2 AM	Poor	0.3 m · 11 s	ESE	41 km/h · 91 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	1 m	Light drizzle · 7 °C
3 AM	Poor	0.3 m · 12 s	ESE	38 km/h · 92 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	1.1 m	Light drizzle · 7 °C
4 AM	Poor	0.3 m · 11 s	ESE	36 km/h · 89 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	1.3 m	Light drizzle · 7 °C
5 AM	Poor	0.3 m · 10 s	ESE	37 km/h · 86 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	1.5 m	Light drizzle · 7 °C
6 AM	Poor	0.3 m · 9 s	ESE	32 km/h · 84 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	1.7 m	Light drizzle · 7 °C
7 AM	Poor	0.4 m · 10 s	ESE	31 km/h · 75 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	1.8 m	Mostly clear · 8 °C
8 AM	Poor	0.4 m · 11 s	E	34 km/h · 73 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	1.9 m	Mostly clear · 8 °C
9 AM	Poor	0.4 m · 11 s	E	37 km/h · 88 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	1.9 m	Partly cloudy · 9 °C
10 AM	Poor	0.4 m · 11 s	E	34 km/h · 85 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	1.7 m	Partly cloudy · 9 °C
11 AM	Poor	0.4 m · 9 s	E	36 km/h · 85 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	1.4 m	Overcast · 9 °C
12 PM	Poor	0.4 m · 9 s	E	34 km/h · 84 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	1.2 m	Partly cloudy · 9 °C
1 PM	Poor	0.4 m · 8 s	E	33 km/h · 79 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	0.9 m	Overcast · 10 °C
2 PM	Poor	0.4 m · 9 s	E	30 km/h · 77 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	0.8 m	Partly cloudy · 10 °C
3 PM	Poor	0.4 m · 9 s	E	30 km/h · 72 km/h gusts	E Cross-shore	0.8 m	Overcast · 10 °C
4 PM	Poor	0.4 m · 8 s	E	27 km/h · 72 km/h gusts	E Cross-shore	0.9 m	Overcast · 10 °C
5 PM	Poor	0.4 m · 8 s	E	28 km/h · 63 km/h gusts	E Cross-shore	1.1 m	Overcast · 10 °C
6 PM	Poor	0.4 m · 8 s	E	27 km/h · 66 km/h gusts	E Cross-shore	1.4 m	Overcast · 9 °C
7 PM	Poor	0.4 m · 8 s	E	25 km/h · 59 km/h gusts	ESE Cross-shore	1.6 m	Overcast · 9 °C
8 PM	Poor	0.4 m · 8 s	E	26 km/h · 61 km/h gusts	ESE Onshore	1.7 m	Overcast · 9 °C
9 PM	Poor	0.4 m · 9 s	E	28 km/h · 63 km/h gusts	ESE Onshore	1.8 m	Overcast · 9 °C
10 PM	Poor	0.4 m · 8 s	E	33 km/h · 73 km/h gusts	ESE Onshore	1.7 m	Light drizzle · 10 °C
11 PM	Poor	0.4 m · 8 s	E	33 km/h · 75 km/h gusts	ESE Onshore	1.5 m	Light drizzle · 10 °C