East End and The Gap surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 11 Jul 2025 NZST
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East End and The Gap surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's East End and The Gap sea temperature is
15.6° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at East End and The Gap today?

The current surf forecast for East End and The Gap at 12PM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 11). An open ocean swell of 3.0m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)17s
Afternoon (11 Jul)13ft (4.0m)8s
Evening (11 Jul)10ft (3.0m)9s

Table - waves today at East End and The Gap. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
4
N
4
N
3
NNW
2.3
NNW
2
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.7
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
4
W
4.5
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.9
WNW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2.4
W
3
W
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
W
1.4
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.3
NW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)17171716899999101010111212141414141414171616151514141313131212111111101010141414141313131313131313131212912111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)879111079757126162942175914361242107412321553172128623800489760685270496949814574567494149171792366385484480241473295280123961815141394497612531423130913072914314129742734232719011616131911841027662624535421439562491411429473
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
25
ENE
35
NE
50
NE
50
NE
45
N
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
20
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
N
15
N
15
N
10
N
15
NW
15
N
25
NNW
20
WNW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
W
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
20
NW
30
NW
25
W
35
WSW
30
W
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ESE
20
E
20
E
20
ESE
25
SE
20
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
30
SW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:59AM
2.79
10:23PM
2.99
10:39AM
2.86
11:01PM
3.06
11:18AM
2.89
11:40PM
3.10
11:59AM
2.90
12:20AM
3.10
12:41PM
2.88
1:01AM
3.06
1:27PM
2.83
1:47AM
2.97
2:17PM
2.76
2:38AM
2.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:54AM
0.48
4:07PM
0.35
4:35AM
0.38
4:47PM
0.28
5:16AM
0.30
5:28PM
0.24
5:57AM
0.25
6:09PM
0.24
6:39AM
0.24
6:52PM
0.29
7:24AM
0.27
7:39PM
0.37
8:13AM
0.33
8:31PM
0.48
9:06AM
0.41
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Sunrise--7:41-------7:41-------7:39-------7:39-------7:39-------7:39-------7:37-------7:37-
Sunset----5:16-------5:16-------5:17-------5:19-------5:19-------5:20-------5:21-------
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Rain (mm)
1111418266-112222112112221121221----3101-------------4783211----
Temp. °C13131414141515141313141414131313121212131312111313121313131211111212131313121211111091212111010999101211111112121213
Feels °C (?)10886581211891010109101010109101197899111098788786778777699855435686676557
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