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East End and The Gap surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 19 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 1.6°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 9AM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 19). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Afternoon (19 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (19 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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

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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
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
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
1.1
N
Period(s) (?)11111111111111111111111111121414141413131313127
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)616164646361616161616385878873717171114113111108101110
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
30
SE
25
SE
15
SE
0
WSW
5
E
15
ESE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
15
ENE
15
E
20
NE
20
E
20
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ENE
15
NNE
5
N
5
NE
20
ENE
30
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffglasscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:11AM
2.99
11:26PM
2.87
11:47AM
3.08
12:02AM
2.92
12:22PM
3.13
12:38AM
2.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:57AM
0.35
5:23PM
0.38
5:33AM
0.26
5:59PM
0.28
6:10AM
0.21
6:36PM
0.23
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
Sunrise-6:18-------6:18-------6:20------
Sunset-----8:49-------8:47-------8:47--
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light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C141417212322191617171720202019181818202223212118
Feels °C (?)9913192321171414141418181816151515172023221914
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