East End and The Gap Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.06° S 174.07° E

East End and The Gap 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 07 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's East End and The Gap sea temperature is
14.0°C
0.3° 

East End and The Gap surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at East End and The Gap today (07 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 17s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 16s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for East End and The Gap at 4AM is: 1.2m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Oct)4ft (1.2m)16s
Afternoon (07 Oct)4ft (1.2m)17s
Evening (07 Oct)4ft (1.2m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Fri afternoon, min 9°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
WSW
16
1.2
WSW
16
1.2
WSW
16
1.2
WSW
16
1.2
WSW
17
1.2
WSW
17
1.2
WSW
17
1.1
WSW
16
1.2
WSW
16
1.2
WSW
16
1.2
WSW
16
1.2
WSW
16
1.3
WSW
16
1.3
WSW
15
1.4
WSW
15
1.4
WSW
15
1.4
WSW
15
1.5
WSW
15
1.8
WSW
17
1.8
WSW
17
1.8
WSW
16
1.8
WSW
16
1.7
WSW
16
1.6
WSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
724
724
715
733
847
847
758
582
679
671
671
724
827
766
833
811
811
936
1843
1820
1714
1631
1393
1214
Wind (km/h)
5
E
5
E
10
E
5
NE
10
NNW
15
W
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
SE
10
W
10
WNW
0
SW
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ENE
5
N
10
WSW
10
S
10
E
Wind State
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:56AM2.65m
8:20PM2.89m
8:48AM2.83m
9:07PM3.04m
9:32AM2.99m
9:48PM3.14m
Low Tide
1:40AM0.53m
2:01PM0.49m
2:35AM0.34m
2:53PM0.33m
3:21AM0.18m
3:38PM0.20m
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clear
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Temp °C
10
9
9
12
14
15
14
13
12
12
12
15
16
16
16
13
13
12
13
16
17
18
17
17
Feels °C
8
7
7
10
12
12
12
11
10
10
11
14
14
13
16
11
11
10
11
14
16
16
15
16
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