Scotts Beach

West Coast, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Sand

Right now

Conditions at 8:00 AM New Zealand Standard Time.

Poor

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

Swell

4.2 m

ENE

10 s

Wind

22 km/h

NNE

Cross-onshore

Tide

1.5 m

Falling

Weather

8 °C

Heavy drizzle

13 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Sunday, September 20, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Fair

2.9 m · 9 s

ENE

25 km/h · 67 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

1.6 m

Thunderstorm · 11 °C

1 AM

Fair

2.6 m · 10 s

ENE

30 km/h · 69 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.9 m

Thunderstorm · 10 °C

2 AM

Fair

2.4 m · 10 s

ENE

35 km/h · 86 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

2.2 m

Thunderstorm · 9 °C

3 AM

Fair

2.1 m · 11 s

ENE

36 km/h · 91 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

2.4 m

Thunderstorm · 8 °C

4 AM

Fair

2.7 m · 10 s

ENE

33 km/h · 89 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

2.4 m

Heavy drizzle · 8 °C

5 AM

Fair

3.3 m · 10 s

ENE

28 km/h · 81 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

2.4 m

Drizzle · 7 °C

6 AM

Poor

3.9 m · 10 s

ENE

27 km/h · 80 km/h gusts

NNE

Onshore

2.2 m

Heavy drizzle · 7 °C

7 AM

Poor

4.1 m · 10 s

ENE

23 km/h · 67 km/h gusts

NNE

Onshore

1.9 m

Light showers · 7 °C

8 AM

Poor

4.2 m · 10 s

ENE

22 km/h · 61 km/h gusts

NNE

Onshore

1.5 m

Heavy drizzle · 8 °C

9 AM

Poor

4.4 m · 10 s

ENE

27 km/h · 66 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

1.3 m

Drizzle · 10 °C

10 AM

Poor

4.3 m · 10 s

ENE

28 km/h · 69 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

1.1 m

Light drizzle · 11 °C

11 AM

Poor

4.3 m · 11 s

ENE

32 km/h · 75 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

1.1 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

12 PM

Poor

4.3 m · 11 s

ENE

33 km/h · 80 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

1.2 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

1 PM

Poor

4.4 m · 11 s

ENE

33 km/h · 81 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

1.5 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

2 PM

Poor

4.5 m · 11 s

ENE

31 km/h · 80 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

1.8 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

3 PM

Poor

4.6 m · 11 s

ENE

29 km/h · 73 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

2.1 m

Mostly clear · 12 °C

4 PM

Poor

4.6 m · 11 s

ENE

26 km/h · 69 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

2.2 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

5 PM

Poor

4.6 m · 11 s

ENE

21 km/h · 63 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

2.3 m

Mostly clear · 11 °C

6 PM

Poor

4.6 m · 11 s

ENE

16 km/h · 49 km/h gusts

NNE

Onshore

2.2 m

Mostly clear · 11 °C

7 PM

Fair

4.4 m · 11 s

ENE

9 km/h · 37 km/h gusts

NNE

Cross-shore

2 m

Clear · 9 °C

8 PM

Good

4.3 m · 10 s

ENE

4 km/h · 21 km/h gusts

NNW

Offshore

1.7 m

Clear · 8 °C

9 PM

Good

4.2 m · 10 s

ENE

3 km/h · 13 km/h gusts

W

Offshore

1.4 m

Partly cloudy · 7 °C

10 PM

Good

4.1 m · 11 s

ENE

4 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

W

Offshore

1.2 m

Partly cloudy · 7 °C

11 PM

Good

4.1 m · 11 s

ENE

7 km/h · 13 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1.1 m

Overcast · 8 °C

Nearby spots

Explore nearby breaks, starting with the closest. Worth a look when the wind spoils the surf here.