East End and The Gap surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 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
19.0° 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 8PM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (17 Apr)8ft (2.4m)12s
Evening (17 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
4
3
0
2
0
3
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
W
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
2.5
NW
3
NNW
2
WSW
3
NNW
3.5
NW
3
NW
2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)1212121212131313781089913131314161515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1945182417151670167010869809957619078211121163713671422164919452285294430943072303029352895
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
30
NNW
35
NNW
40
NNW
40
N
35
N
45
N
30
WNW
40
NNW
15
W
5
W
5
NNW
15
NNE
25
N
20
NW
25
N
15
ENE
10
SE
5
ESE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:20AM
3.26
9:45PM
3.28
10:01AM
3.33
10:27PM
3.35
10:44AM
3.31
11:10PM
3.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:34PM
-0.09
3:55AM
-0.01
4:16PM
-0.14
4:39AM
-0.04
5:00PM
-0.10
5:25AM
0.02
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise6:52-------6:54-------6:54-------
Sunset--5:52-------5:51-------5:50-----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
-----123366610174-112459118
Temp. °C161717161717171717161816161515151616161413131414
Feels °C (?)131413121312121111101111101414141412131010121312
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