Napier - The Gap Surf Forecast

/ Hawkes Bay (22 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

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Napier - The Gap surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 17 Oct 2025 NZDT

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

Today's Napier - The Gap sea temperature is 14.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Napier - The Gap today?

The current surf forecast for Napier - The Gap at 10PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (17 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Evening (17 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	10s

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

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	Friday 17			Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
	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	10 AM	1 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	23	10	26	48	25	24	24	22	24	23	23	18	18	17	16	8	8	8	7	7	6	3	3	3
Wind (km/h)	E	ENE	W	W	WNW	WNW	N	E	ENE	S	NW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNE	SW	WNW	NW	NW	WNW	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)	3:10PM 1.56				3:41AM 1.44					4:01PM 1.52				4:34AM 1.44				4:51PM 1.49				5:24AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)			9:30PM 0.21				9:51AM 0.25					10:20PM 0.25				10:45AM 0.29				11:09PM 0.29				11:36AM 0.32

	Friday 17			Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-
Sunset	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	12	11	10	9	8	16	20	21	18	14	11	12	13	18	21	20	19	14	10	7	6	13	21
Feels °C (?)	10	9	9	8	7	6	14	17	19	17	12	8	9	11	15	16	16	19	13	8	5	4	11	18

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Hawkes Bay

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Napier - The Gap (calm at Napier Airport 2 km from Napier - The Gap). 0.8m 4s local chop from the ENE with a 0.5m 4s local chop, also from the ENE and a 0.2m 10s swell, also from the ESE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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