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 5 am Tuesday 16 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 10AM is: 0.1m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be 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								Fri 19
	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	9 PM	0 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	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	E	E	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	E	N	NNE	NNE	NNW	NNE	SE	SE	NE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	10	8	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	3	4	4	3	4	10	16	5
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	50	33	3	3	18	7	19	19	30	20	22	21	20	19	19	3	8	14	14	11	8	5	14	1
Wind (km/h)	W	WSW	SW	WSW	SW	NNE	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NW	WNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WSW	WSW	W	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	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)			6:21AM 0.17				7:00PM 0.18				7:18AM 0.18				7:58PM 0.19				8:15AM 0.20				8:52PM 0.20

	Tuesday 16							Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri 19
Sunrise	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-

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

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Hawkes Bay

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Napier - The Gap (fresh winds from the W at Napier Airport 2 km from Napier - The Gap). No surfable waves
1 hour 6 minutes ago Napier - The Gap

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1 h 6 min ago

31 km/h

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