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Gillespies Beach

West Coast, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Right now

Conditions at 8:00 AM New Zealand Standard Time.

Poor

Well overhead (4.3 m) at 10 s, heading toward E, with moderate cross-shore wind toward NE.

Swell

4.3 m

10 s

Wind

14 km/h

Cross-shore

Tide

1.5 m

Falling

Weather

9 °C

Clear

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	Fair	1.8 m · 9 s	SE	38 km/h · 76 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	1.2 m	Clear · 9 °C
1 AM	Fair	2.1 m · 9 s	ESE	37 km/h · 77 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	1.3 m	Clear · 9 °C
2 AM	Fair	2.5 m · 10 s	E	25 km/h · 74 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	1.6 m	Clear · 8 °C
3 AM	Fair	2.8 m · 11 s	E	26 km/h · 50 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	1.8 m	Clear · 8 °C
4 AM	Fair	3.2 m · 11 s	E	26 km/h · 54 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	1.9 m	Clear · 8 °C
5 AM	Poor	3.7 m · 10 s	E	23 km/h · 50 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	1.9 m	Clear · 8 °C
6 AM	Poor	4.1 m · 10 s	E	20 km/h · 44 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	1.9 m	Clear · 7 °C
7 AM	Poor	4.2 m · 10 s	E	17 km/h · 38 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	1.7 m	Clear · 7 °C
8 AM	Poor	4.3 m · 10 s	E	14 km/h · 31 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	1.5 m	Clear · 9 °C
9 AM	Poor	4.4 m · 10 s	E	17 km/h · 39 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	1.2 m	Clear · 10 °C
10 AM	Poor	4.2 m · 11 s	E	21 km/h · 47 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	1.1 m	Clear · 11 °C
11 AM	Poor	4.1 m · 11 s	E	22 km/h · 51 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	1 m	Clear · 12 °C
12 PM	Poor	4 m · 11 s	E	27 km/h · 59 km/h gusts	ENE Onshore	1 m	Clear · 13 °C
1 PM	Poor	3.9 m · 11 s	E	28 km/h · 64 km/h gusts	ENE Onshore	1.1 m	Clear · 13 °C
2 PM	Poor	3.9 m · 11 s	E	27 km/h · 61 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	1.3 m	Clear · 13 °C
3 PM	Poor	3.8 m · 10 s	E	25 km/h · 59 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	1.5 m	Clear · 13 °C
4 PM	Poor	3.7 m · 10 s	E	22 km/h · 55 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	1.7 m	Clear · 13 °C
5 PM	Poor	3.5 m · 10 s	E	18 km/h · 48 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	1.8 m	Mostly clear · 13 °C
6 PM	Fair	3.4 m · 10 s	E	15 km/h · 40 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	1.8 m	Clear · 12 °C
7 PM	Fair	3.3 m · 9 s	E	16 km/h · 32 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	1.7 m	Partly cloudy · 11 °C
8 PM	Fair	3.2 m · 9 s	E	14 km/h · 32 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	1.5 m	Partly cloudy · 10 °C
9 PM	Fair	3.2 m · 9 s	E	14 km/h · 28 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	1.3 m	Partly cloudy · 10 °C
10 PM	Fair	3.1 m · 9 s	E	14 km/h · 28 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	1.1 m	Partly cloudy · 10 °C
11 PM	Good	3.1 m · 10 s	E	10 km/h · 26 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	0.9 m	Overcast · 9 °C