East End and The Gap Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(New-Zealand – Taranaki)

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The Gap Left hander, East End and The Gap photo

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Surf Break: East End and The Gap

East End and The Gap Spot ID:

Type: beach and reef

Reliability: fairly consistent

Best: Swell W | Wind SE

Sea Temperature Today is: 16.4 °C

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Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 06:31 Local time

m, °C	Monday 20
ft, °F	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Wave (m)	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Period (s)	10	9	9	9
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	cross- on

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East End and The Gap in Taranaki is a fairly exposed beach and reef break that has reasonably consistent surf. Autumn and winter are the best times of year for waves. The best wind direction is from the southeast with some shelter here from southwest winds. Handles onshore winds better than most spots Windswells and groundswells in equal measure and the ideal swell direction is from the west. Waves at the beach are mainly rights and in addition there are both left and right reef breaks.. It very rarely gets crowded here.

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For Port Taranaki, New Zealand, 3 miles from East End and The Gap.

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East End and The Gap Tide Times and Tide Chart

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At New Plymouth, 10 km from East End and The Gap.

light winds from the SE

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Air temperature
9.5 °C

Current weather near East End and The Gap

Overall East End and The Gap Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to East End and The Gap: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Bog Works	1 mi
Second closest break	Belt Road	1 mi
Third closest break	Fitzroy Beach	2 mi
Fourth closest break	ParitutuandNgamotu Beach	2 mi
Fifth closest break	Waiwakaiho	2 mi
Wave buoys nearest to East End and The Gap:
Closest wave buoy	SW Hawaii Buoy	4273 mi
Second closest wave buoy	W Hawaii Buoy	4324 mi
Third closest wave buoy	NW Hawaii Buoy	4566 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	NW Hawaii Buoy	4627 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	N Hawaii 1 Buoy	4783 mi
Tide stations nearest to East End and The Gap:
Closest tide station	Port Taranaki	2 mi
Second closest tide station	Waitara River Entrance	10 mi
Third closest tide station	Opunake Bay	30 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Patea	55 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Whanganui River Entrance	79 mi
Ski Resorts closest to East End and The Gap:
Closest ski area	Manganui (New Zealand)	17 mi
Second closest ski area	Turoa (New Zealand)	80 mi
Third closest ski area	Whakapapa (New Zealand)	80 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Tukino (New Zealand)	85 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Rainbow (New Zealand)	205 mi
Town and city forecasts close to East End and The Gap:
Closest city location	New Plymouth (New Zealand)	2 mi
Second closest city location	Hamilton (New Zealand)	111 mi
Third closest city location	Paraparaumu (New Zealand)	138 mi
Fourth closest city location	Tauranga (New Zealand)	148 mi
Fifth closest city location	Porirua (New Zealand)	149 mi

The closest passenger airport to East End and The Gap is New Plymouth Airport (NPL) in New Zealand, 11 km (7 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to East End and The Gap is Wanganui Airport (WAG), also in New Zealand, 130 km (81 miles) away.
Third is Hamilton Airport (HLZ) in New Zealand, 172 km (107 miles) away.
Taupo Airport (TUO) in New Zealand is 178 km (111 miles) away.
Palmerston North Airport (PMR), also in New Zealand is the fifth nearest airport to East End and The Gap and is 193 km (120 miles) away.

East End and The Gap break location map and break info

This is the Surf-Forecast page for East End and The Gap, Taranaki. Use the tab navigation above to view East End and The Gap sea temperature, East End and The Gap photographs, East End and The Gap detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, East End and The Gap webcams, current wind from Taranaki live weather stations and East End and The Gap tide predictions. The New Zealand swell maps link will open up the big picture showing New Zealand and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from New Zealand wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around East End and The Gap.

East End and The Gap Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(New-Zealand – Taranaki)

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Overall East End and The Gap Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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