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Napier - The Gap surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 21 Jan 2026 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
19.4° C
 (Which is 1.1°C warmer than 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 12PM is: 1.4m 7s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 21). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 15s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Afternoon (21 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Evening (21 Jan)6ft (1.8m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
!
4
4
2
3
3
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.6
E
1.9
ENE
2
E
2.4
ENE
2.5
E
4
ENE
2.4
E
2.2
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)7777778889101111111110101010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1461671731791812474165227851163313013021107898714468400394327260210207168164
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
15
ENE
10
WNW
5
SSW
10
WSW
20
WSW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
10
NNE
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on		oncross-
on		ononcross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrossglassoncrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:18AM
1.58
8:43PM
1.47
9:03AM
1.60
9:28PM
1.51
9:49AM
1.62
10:12PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:58AM
0.29
2:36PM
0.26
2:43AM
0.25
3:22PM
0.23
3:30AM
0.23
4:06PM
0.21
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
Sunrise-6:07-------6:09-------6:09------
Sunset-----8:37-------8:37-------8:36--
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11169126131471-------------
Temp. °C161617161616171718181925252320191817222427231917
Feels °C (?)151415141313141315182028262219181817222325201614
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