Gaviota 6
Gaviota 6 is a stable road model that is the successor to Gaviota 5. Designed for everyday running and walking with a combination of H-Frame guided construction, engineered mesh, compression molded foam, and an abrasion-resistant rubber outsole.
- Intended uses:
- Daily, Walking, Stability
Specs
Among 865 listed shoes, this is a high-stack Stability
- Weight
- -
- Not registered
- Drop
- 6mm
- Of 815 known values: 221 lower, 156 equal, 438 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- Standard36.7th percentile (tie midpoint) / average -0.8mm
- Stack height (heel/forefoot)
- 39.3 / 33.3mm
- Of 694 known values: 547 lower, 1 equal, 146 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- higherUpper 21.2%, including ties / average +4.6mm
- Carbon plate
- No
- 83% of 786 known models have no carbon plates
- Midsole
- compression molded foam
- Outsole
- abrasion-resistant rubber
- Reference price
- $180
- US price
Weight measurement and plate details
- Weight note
- HOKA Australia official men's Gaviota 6 page lists weight as N/A. REI Co-op lists ounce-based weight, but an official or authorized metric gram value remains unconfirmed.
- Plate note
- No carbon plate is stated in the checked HOKA Australia official page or REI Co-op product specifications. The checked sources support H-Frame, compression-molded foam, and abrasion-resistant rubber outsole context.
Changes from the previous model
A comparison with the registered values for HOKA Gaviota 5.
In the registered data, heel stack is 3.3mm higher at 39.3mm and forefoot stack is 3.3mm higher at 33.3mm.
These are differences between registered values, not a controlled comparison at the same size and measurement conditions. See the notes below the specs for weight conditions.
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Comparison: All data (865 shoes)
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Drop
This shoe 6mm·registered average 6.8mm (815 shoes)
Stack height
This shoe 39.3mm·registered average 34.7mm (694 shoes)
Items with missing numeric values are excluded. Sample sizes and measurement conditions vary between models; this distribution is not a performance ranking.