Five Mile Beach

West Coast, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Visibility is 0.9 km. Fog or rain can hide other surfers and the horizon. Be careful in the water.

Right now

Conditions at 6:00 AM New Zealand Standard Time.

Good

Well overhead (3.6 m) at 9 s, heading toward E, with moderate cross-offshore wind toward NNE.

Swell

3.6 m

E

9 s

Wind

15 km/h

NNE

Cross-offshore

Tide

1.9 m

Falling

Weather

6 °C

Clear

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

Poor

2.2 m · 8 s

ESE

36 km/h · 70 km/h gusts

ENE

Cross-shore

1.2 m

Mostly clear · 8 °C

1 AM

Fair

2.5 m · 8 s

E

34 km/h · 73 km/h gusts

NE

Cross-shore

1.4 m

Clear · 8 °C

2 AM

Fair

2.9 m · 9 s

E

27 km/h · 65 km/h gusts

NE

Cross-shore

1.6 m

Clear · 8 °C

3 AM

Fair

3.2 m · 9 s

E

25 km/h · 51 km/h gusts

NE

Cross-shore

1.8 m

Clear · 7 °C

4 AM

Fair

3.3 m · 9 s

E

22 km/h · 48 km/h gusts

NE

Cross-shore

1.9 m

Clear · 7 °C

5 AM

Fair

3.4 m · 9 s

E

18 km/h · 43 km/h gusts

NE

Cross-shore

2 m

Clear · 6 °C

6 AM

Good

3.6 m · 9 s

E

15 km/h · 34 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

1.9 m

Clear · 6 °C

7 AM

Good

3.6 m · 9 s

E

13 km/h · 27 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

1.7 m

Mostly clear · 5 °C

8 AM

Poor

3.6 m · 10 s

E

16 km/h · 30 km/h gusts

NE

Cross-shore

1.5 m

Clear · 8 °C

9 AM

Poor

3.7 m · 10 s

E

18 km/h · 39 km/h gusts

ENE

Cross-shore

1.2 m

Clear · 10 °C

10 AM

Poor

3.6 m · 10 s

E

22 km/h · 48 km/h gusts

ENE

Cross-shore

1.1 m

Clear · 11 °C

11 AM

Poor

3.6 m · 10 s

E

23 km/h · 52 km/h gusts

ENE

Cross-shore

1 m

Clear · 12 °C

12 PM

Poor

3.5 m · 10 s

E

26 km/h · 56 km/h gusts

ENE

Cross-shore

1 m

Clear · 13 °C

1 PM

Fair

3.5 m · 10 s

E

26 km/h · 61 km/h gusts

ENE

Cross-shore

1.1 m

Clear · 13 °C

2 PM

Fair

3.4 m · 10 s

E

23 km/h · 55 km/h gusts

ENE

Cross-shore

1.3 m

Clear · 13 °C

3 PM

Fair

3.3 m · 10 s

E

20 km/h · 51 km/h gusts

ENE

Cross-shore

1.6 m

Clear · 13 °C

4 PM

Fair

3.2 m · 9 s

E

17 km/h · 46 km/h gusts

NE

Cross-shore

1.7 m

Clear · 13 °C

5 PM

Good

3 m · 9 s

E

12 km/h · 38 km/h gusts

ENE

Cross-shore

1.8 m

Clear · 13 °C

6 PM

Fair

2.8 m · 9 s

E

14 km/h · 28 km/h gusts

ENE

Cross-shore

1.8 m

Clear · 12 °C

7 PM

Good

2.8 m · 9 s

E

10 km/h · 28 km/h gusts

NE

Cross-shore

1.7 m

Mostly clear · 10 °C

8 PM

Good

2.9 m · 9 s

E

6 km/h · 19 km/h gusts

NE

Cross-shore

1.5 m

Overcast · 9 °C

9 PM

Good

2.9 m · 9 s

E

4 km/h · 11 km/h gusts

NE

Cross-shore

1.3 m

Partly cloudy · 9 °C

10 PM

Good

2.7 m · 10 s

E

5 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

NE

Cross-shore

1 m

Partly cloudy · 8 °C

11 PM

Good

2.5 m · 10 s

E

4 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

NE

Cross-shore

0.9 m

Partly cloudy · 8 °C

Nearby spots

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