Blacks Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.07° S 177.80° E

Blacks Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 10 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Blacks Reef sea temperature is
12.6°C
1.1° 

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 (11 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 16s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Blacks Reef at 12AM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 10). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Sep)--
Afternoon (11 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (11 Sep)1ft (0.3m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu afternoon, min 8°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
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
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SE
8
0.6
SE
7
0.3
SSW
16
0.4
SSW
16
0.3
S
20
0.4
S
20
0.5
S
19
0.6
S
18
0.7
S
18
0.6
S
18
0.6
S
18
0.6
S
18
0.6
S
18
0.6
S
17
0.7
S
17
1
S
17
1.3
S
16
1.8
S
16
2.1
S
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
55
44
50
80
68
121
182
248
318
230
225
222
222
220
283
546
912
1667
2016
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
10
SE
5
ENE
10
SSW
10
SW
20
SSW
10
SSW
10
W
5
ENE
5
NNE
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
20
SW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
5
E
10
NNE
Wind State
glassy
cross
cross-off
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
off
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
off
High Tide
4:37PM1.75m
5:08AM1.63m
5:33PM1.75m
6:03AM1.67m
6:25PM1.75m
Low Tide
10:59PM0.13m
11:19AM0.11m
11:53PM0.14m
12:11PM0.13m
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:16
6:15
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:53
5:54
5:54
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
15
13
12
11
11
10
10
10
13
12
11
10
10
10
11
12
12
11
10
Feels °C
13
11
10
8
9
6
7
8
11
10
8
6
6
6
7
9
9
9
7
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