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Gap hack, The Gap (Castlepoint)

4:31 pm 8 Mar 2009

Friends of Makorori, Makarori Centre

10:00 am 6 Aug 2011

The Gap (Castlepoint) ratings
Quality on a good day: 2.5
Consistency of surf: 3.5
Difficulty level: 1.5
Wind and kite surfing: 1.0
Crowds: 2.5

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The Gap (Castlepoint) Surf Forecast / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 06 am Thursday 16 Feb 2012

The Gap (Castlepoint) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 1.3
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Period (s) (?) 11 6 6 6 16 15 14 14 13 13 12 12 12 11 11 10 10 10
Surfscale
Wave
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Max-energy 396 108 120 146 280 422 465 427 372 285 271 203 179 126 119 75 74 48
Wind
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20
SSW 15
S 15
S 20
SSE 20
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SE 10
SE 5
SE 0
S 0
W 5
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E 20
ENE 15
N 10
NNW 15
NW 20
NW
Wind State (?) cross cross cross cross-
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at The Gap (Castlepoint) blow from the WNW
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
Tide State (?) flow ebb low flow high ebb low flow high ebb low flow high ebb low flow high ebb
High Tide
/ height (m)




1:08PM
1.41



1:37AM
1.49



2:02PM
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2:33AM
1.47

Low Tide
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7:08AM
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7:23PM
-0.07



8:00AM
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8:13PM
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Note: the tide data above is for Castlepoint, New Zealand which is 1 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for The Gap (Castlepoint). New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.

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Today's The Gap (Castlepoint) sea temperature is 17.0 °C (Statistics for 16 Feb 1981-2005 - mean: 18.1 max: 20.0 min: 16.2 °C)

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Summary rain shwrs some clouds cloudy some clouds some clouds some clouds clear clear clear clear clear clear rain shwrs rain shwrs clear clear clear clear
Rain (mm) 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - -
Temp. °C 15 14 15 17 16 16 14 14 13 13 16 20 21 19 17 15 14 14
Chill °C (?) 14 13 14 16 15 15 13 14 13 13 16 20 21 19 17 14 13 13
Sunrise - 6:39 - - - - - - - 6:39 - - - - - - - 6:41
Sunset - - - - - 20:17 - - - - - - - 20:15 - - - -
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