Blacks Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.07° S 177.80° E

Blacks Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 25 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Blacks Reef sea temperature is
13.2°C
0.8° 

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


How big are the waves at Blacks Reef today (26 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 14s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Blacks Reef at 12AM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 25). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Sep)--
Afternoon (26 Sep)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (26 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun morning, min 7°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Sun night, calm by Mon morning).

Fri
25
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
3
2
3
3
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
S
9
1.1
S
9
0.7
S
14
1
S
14
0.9
SSW
13
1.1
S
13
1
S
13
0.9
S
12
0.9
S
12
0.8
S
12
0.8
SE
12
0.8
SE
12
0.8
SE
12
0.8
SE
12
0.8
SE
12
0.9
SE
12
0.9
SE
14
0.9
SE
13
2.1
SW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
230
206
200
377
282
401
321
236
235
180
172
200
197
197
193
228
336
290
328
Wind (km/h)
10
E
10
NE
10
ENE
10
N
5
WNW
10
NNW
5
NW
10
ESE
15
NE
20
NE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
WSW
35
SW
Wind State
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
4:21PM1.50m
4:47AM1.45m
5:11PM1.55m
5:36AM1.53m
6:00PM1.62m
Low Tide
10:36PM0.31m
10:59AM0.30m
11:26PM0.28m
11:46AM0.26m
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clear
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clear
clear
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clear
clear
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cloud
clear
clear
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cloud
cloud
light rain
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Temp °C
13
11
10
10
10
9
13
14
14
12
12
12
13
14
17
17
17
10
11
Feels °C
9
8
7
7
8
6
11
11
10
8
8
8
10
10
12
11
12
3
3
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