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 11 pm Monday 15 Sep 2025 NZST

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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 12.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

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

The current surf forecast for Napier - The Gap at 5AM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	10s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	8s
Evening (16 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	11s

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

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		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	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	E	E	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	E	E	N	NNE	NNE	NW	NE	SE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	10	10	8	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	3	4	4	3	4	10
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	58	59	49	32	3	3	18	7	19	18	28	17	19	22	20	19	2	3	8	12	14	11	9	5
Wind (km/h)	WNW	NW	W	W	WSW	WSW	W	N	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NE	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	WNW	W	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			12:09AM 1.67				12:38PM 1.73				1:07AM 1.60				1:37PM 1.68				2:05AM 1.55				2:32PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)	6:01PM 0.16				6:21AM 0.17				7:00PM 0.18				7:18AM 0.18				7:58PM 0.19				8:15AM 0.20

		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04

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

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Hawkes Bay

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Napier - The Gap (moderate winds from the WSW at Napier Airport 2 km from Napier - The Gap). 0.4m 10s swell from the SE to make surfable waves.
1 hour 36 minutes ago Napier - The Gap

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