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Blacks Reef Surf Photo: 'Empty Blacks' by Rob Davies

Lat Long: 39.07° S 177.80° E

Issued: 11 pm 26 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's Blacks Reef sea temperature is

13.3° C

1.3°C colder than average for this time of year

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

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	NW	WNW	SSW	NE
	11 s	cross- off	2 s	10 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 October at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Blacks Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	WNW	WNW	SSW	ESE
	11 s	cross	3 s	10 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 October at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Blacks Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	NW	WNW	SSW	ESE
	10 s	cross- off	3 s	10 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 October at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Blacks Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	NW	NW	SSW	ESE
	10 s	cross- off	3 s	10 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 October at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Blacks Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	S	NNW	NNW	SSW	W
	10 s	cross- off	1 s	10 s	3 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 October at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Blacks Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	NNW	NW	SSW	SSW
	10 s	cross- off	2 s	9 s	17 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 October at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Blacks Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	WNW	WNW	SSW	SSW
	3 s	cross	3 s	9 s	17 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 October at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Blacks Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	WNW	WNW	SSW	SSW
	3 s	cross	3 s	9 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 October at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Blacks Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	S	SW	SSW	WNW	SSW
	15 s	cross- on	4 s	3 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 October at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Blacks Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	S	SSW		SSW	SSW
	14 s	glass		7 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 October at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Blacks Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	S	SE		S	S
	6 s	cross		6 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 October at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Blacks Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	S	ESE	SE	S	SSW
	6 s	cross	3 s	6 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 October at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Blacks Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	S	E	ESE	S	SSW
	6 s	cross- off	3 s	6 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 October at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Blacks Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	S	ENE	E	S	SSW
	7 s	cross- off	4 s	6 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 October at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Blacks Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NE	ENE	S	SSW
	4 s	cross- off	4 s	7 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 October at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Blacks Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	NE	ENE	S	SSW
	4 s	off	4 s	8 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 24 October at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Blacks Reef around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	NNE	NE	S	SSW
	4 s	off	4 s	8 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 24 October at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Blacks Reef around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 14 minutes before low water (at low ordinary tide). Tide height was 0.3m (1.1 ft). Range 2.08m (6.8 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Blacks Reef Surf Photo: 'Empty Blacks' by Rob Davies

Blacks doing it's wave-magnet thing and making something of a small swell. Mostly shoulder high with the odd head-high set towards the end of a 4 hour session that left my arms sore for days. Unusually for Blacks, the lefts were better than the rights.

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User: Rob Davies (1346 photos)

Country: New Zealand (2470 photos)

Photo taken at: 3:04 am 23 Oct 2013