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East End and The Gap surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 02 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
18.9° C
 (Which is 1.3°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 5PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 02). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Jan)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (02 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (02 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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

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Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
1
SW
0.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)71514141413131212101010101010191218181711161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8785116108104156147196256210237198194143154124211180243227233203288277
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
SSE
10
ENE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
ESE
5
WSW
15
SSE
25
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
W
15
WSW
15
SW
10
S
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononglassglasscross-
off		offoffoffglassoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:26AM
3.07
9:49PM
3.00
10:19AM
3.21
10:42PM
3.08
11:09AM
3.31
11:31PM
3.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:41PM
0.27
4:02AM
0.12
4:35PM
0.14
4:54AM
0.03
5:26PM
0.06
5:43AM
0.00
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Sunrise-------6:01-------6:03-------6:03
Sunset---8:52-------8:52-------8:52----
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
thunderstorm
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------21-132------------
Temp. °C181919181716141418181918161514131819202116151414
Feels °C (?)1618181717151212171817141211991516171814141314
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