Daniels Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 NZST
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Daniels Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Daniels Reef sea temperature is
20.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Daniels Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Daniels Reef at 12PM is: 1.6m 16s primary swell from a North direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)5ft (1.5m)15s
Afternoon (09 Apr)6ft (1.8m)16s
Evening (09 Apr)6ft (1.8m)15s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
N
1.5
N
1.5
N
1.6
N
1.8
N
1.8
N
1.8
N
1.7
N
1.6
N
1.6
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.7
NNE
2.1
NE
2.1
NE
2.3
NE
2.5
NE
3
NE
3
NE
4.5
ENE
4.5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
Period(s) (?)141415161616151515151414141313131313141515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)869881984130616261585152512971185113710161189109314741565183420632600378384749655979994028486
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
S
10
S
10
S
15
S
15
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
20
SE
25
SE
30
ESE
35
SE
40
SE
45
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:03PM
1.87
12:36AM
1.93
12:51PM
1.80
1:28AM
1.88
1:45PM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:11AM
0.58
6:26PM
0.51
7:00AM
0.64
7:15PM
0.56
7:53AM
0.68
8:09PM
0.59
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise--6:39-------6:41-------6:41-----
Sunset-----6:04-------6:01-------6:00--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------------142
Temp. °C161617191919181717171719201919191919191919202020
Feels °C (?)151516181920181616161618201717151413121313151514
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