East End and The Gap surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 10 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
19.1° C
(Which is 1.2°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: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 10). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (10 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Evening (10 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)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
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
NW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
1.8
SSW
2.5
SW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
1.9
W
1.1
WSW
Period(s) (?)13141412121211111110101010991312127877712
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)475631649628598500379372234225160125946161608685297843830611397355
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
S
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
SE
10
SSW
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
SE
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSW
40
SW
35
WSW
30
W
20
WNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:19PM
2.18
4:04AM
2.28
4:43PM
2.17
5:22AM
2.35
5:58PM
2.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:16AM
1.05
9:42PM
1.03
10:32AM
1.05
10:57PM
1.00
11:43AM
0.93
12:03AM
0.86
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise6:46-------6:47-------6:48-------
Sunset---6:02-------6:00-------6:00----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------5410217----
Temp. °C151820181718171718202222212019191919191818181818
Feels °C (?)151718161415151517202121191817161517161213151616
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