East End and The Gap surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 07 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 1.1°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 12AM is: 0.3m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 07). An open ocean swell of 2.3m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)--
Afternoon (08 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1.9
N
1.6
N
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)1212121215771414131313131313121212151516121414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9469554256389246178168158154151151149147175129131169126377144236504
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
30
E
35
ENE
35
NE
25
NE
30
NE
20
NNW
15
W
15
W
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SSE
5
SE
5
SE
5
ENE
5
NW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
5
S
5
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glassoffoffcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:39PM
2.64
1:03AM
2.64
1:20PM
2.46
1:49AM
2.47
2:11PM
2.30
2:48AM
2.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:53PM
0.63
7:20AM
0.79
7:37PM
0.81
8:11AM
0.95
8:32PM
0.95
9:16AM
1.05
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise------6:43-------6:45-------6:46-
Sunset-6:07-------6:06-------6:04------
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
14223321----------------
Temp. °C161616171819191818171515141416181917171615141619
Feels °C (?)121110121516181817161515141416181816171615131619
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