Blacks Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 39.07° S 177.80° E

Issued: 5 pm 13 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Blacks Reef sea temperature is

13.3° C

Blacks Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Blacks Reef today (14 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 12s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Blacks Reef at 1AM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 13). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	12s
Afternoon (14 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	12s
Evening (14 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	10s

Table - waves today at Blacks Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue afternoon, min 10°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.
	Mon 13			Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15								Thu 16
	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	SE 9	SE 8	S 13	S 13	S 12	S 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 11	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 15	ESE 15	SE 16
Wave Graph
kJ	122	75	74	166	117	108	73	46	45	19	19	20	55	49	48	47	47	43	44	96	99	142	196	251
Wind (km/h)	NNE	N	N	NNE	N	N	N	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	ESE	NNE	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	glassy	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross
High Tide		4:14PM1.90m				4:46AM1.78m				5:14PM1.94m				5:45AM1.79m					6:14PM1.96m				6:44AM1.79m
Low Tide				10:38PM0.19m				11:01AM0.15m				11:37PM0.13m				11:59AM0.08m					00:36AM0.09m


	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—	—
	5:02	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:04	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:04	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:05
mm	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	12	10	11	12	12	13	16	17	14	13	12	12	12	13	16	16	14	13	13	12	13	14	15
Feels °C	11	8	6	8	9	10	10	13	15	11	10	8	8	9	11	15	15	12	11	10	9	9	10	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	SE 9	SE 8	S 13	S 13	S 12	SE 8	ESE 8	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 5	ESE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 11	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 15	ESE 15	SE 16
kJ	122	75	74	166	117	108	34	26	11	13	13	7	55	49	48	47	47	43	44	96	99	142	196	251
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	S 10	S 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 12	SSW 12	SE 8	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	NE 4	NE 4	ENE 4	NE 4	NE 4	S 19	ESE 13	S 16	S 19	S 18	S 17	S 17
kJ	79	68	47	49	52	49	73	46	17	19	19	20	3	3	2	1	1	29	35	19	28	25	24	24
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 12	S 14	SSW 13	NE 11	E 11	E 15	E 15	SE 14	SSW 12	SSW 10	ESE 8	ESE 12	S 9	S 9	S 9	WNW 2	S 16	ESE 13	S 19	S 19	E 10	S 15	S 14	SSW 18
kJ	5	60	58	5	2	4	4	8	45	18	12	15	7	6	2	1	21	18	29	30	2	4	4	30
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	NE 3	NNE 3	NNE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	—	NW 3	WNW 3	WNW 3	WNW 3	W 3	—	NE 4	NNE 2	NW 2	NW 3	NW 3	NW 4	NW 3
kJ	—	2	5	6	8	8	10	14	32	35	—	2	2	2	1	1	—	3	1	1	2	6	12	6
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	9	10
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	1	1	5	5	6	6	6	5	1	1	1	4	1	4	2	4	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	6	5	5	8	7	9	8	8	9	7	8	8	7	4	4	4	4	5	9	5	6

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