Daniels Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.30° S 174.80° E

Daniels Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 30 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Daniels Reef sea temperature is
14.5°C
0.5° 

Daniels 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 Daniels Reef today (01 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 9s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 11s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Daniels Reef at 12AM is: 0.1m 9s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)--
Afternoon (01 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Evening (01 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu morning, min 11°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
E
12
0.1
E
11
0.1
E
11
0.1
E
11
0.1
E
11
0.1
E
11
0.1
N
12
0.1
N
12
0.1
N
11
0.1
NE
11
0.1
N
11
0.1
N
11
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
11
0.4
SW
3
0.1
NE
10
0.1
NE
10
0.4
SW
3
0.4
SW
3
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
5
3
3
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
Wind (km/h)
5
SSW
5
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
Wind State
glassy
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:47PM2.31m
11:18AM2.33m
11:35PM2.26m
12:08PM2.29m
Low Tide
5:11AM0.10m
5:38PM0.25m
5:59AM0.14m
6:30PM0.30m
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clear
clear
part cloud
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part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
15
15
14
14
14
14
14
17
17
15
13
12
11
11
12
15
15
12
11
Feels °C
13
13
12
12
12
12
12
15
15
12
11
10
9
9
9
12
11
8
8
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