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: 6 am 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's East End and The Gap sea temperature is
14.8°C
0.1° 

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 (04 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 14s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for East End and The Gap at 10AM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Afternoon (04 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Evening (04 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed afternoon, min 15°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Friday
6
Sat
7
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
WSW
11
0.7
WSW
11
0.8
WSW
16
0.8
WSW
16
1
WSW
15
1.1
WSW
14
1.1
WSW
14
1.1
WSW
14
1.1
WSW
13
1.1
WSW
13
1
WSW
13
1
WSW
13
1
WSW
13
0.9
WSW
13
0.9
WSW
12
0.9
WSW
12
0.8
WSW
12
0.7
SW
12
0.7
WSW
12
1.3
NNW
6
1.4
NW
6
1.4
NW
8
1.6
NW
9
1.6
NW
9
1.6
NW
8
1.6
NW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
113
107
288
273
443
501
487
453
434
421
357
351
346
277
233
230
184
144
123
119
144
270
359
351
311
296
Wind (km/h)
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
N
5
W
0
ENE
5
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
10
E
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
15
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NNE
20
NE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
glassy
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
High Tide
6:29AM2.51m
6:56PM2.71m
7:32AM2.63m
7:52PM2.80m
8:24AM2.77m
8:40PM2.88m
Low Tide
12:36PM0.65m
1:15AM0.50m
1:37PM0.56m
2:08AM0.39m
2:29PM0.46m
2:53AM0.29m
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light rain
light rain
light rain
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3
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Temp °C
14
15
16
18
19
19
17
16
15
15
16
17
17
17
16
16
16
16
16
17
17
17
16
16
15
15
Feels °C
12
13
14
16
18
19
16
15
15
14
14
16
17
17
16
15
15
14
14
15
17
17
15
16
14
13
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