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East End and The Gap surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 09 Jan 2026 NZDT
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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
20.0° C
 (Which is 2.0°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 11AM is: 1.4m 7s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)5ft (1.5m)7s
Afternoon (09 Jan)5ft (1.6m)6s
Evening (09 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
1
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.7
W
2.3
W
2.5
W
Period(s) (?)87711666131212121212111514141414149101112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33023419820418817319928623373763352151239493640086283482291233552212422174
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
W
20
W
20
W
15
W
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:33AM
2.75
2:53PM
2.85
3:20AM
2.60
3:39PM
2.65
4:12AM
2.47
4:31PM
2.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:46AM
0.46
9:18PM
0.50
9:34AM
0.66
10:06PM
0.65
10:27AM
0.83
10:59PM
0.78
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
Sunrise-6:07-------6:07-------6:09------
Sunset-----8:52-------8:52-------8:52--
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C161720212019181716171921212018181819202121201919
Feels °C (?)131418181616151514161820202018181820192020191716
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