Daniels Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.30° S 174.80° E

Daniels Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 10 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Daniels Reef sea temperature is
17.5°C
1.0° 

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 (10 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with NNE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Nov, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 7s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Nov, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 7s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Daniels Reef at 6PM is: 2.1m 7s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Nov)5ft (1.6m)6s
Afternoon (10 Nov)7ft (2.2m)7s
Evening (10 Nov)7ft (2.1m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 40mm), heaviest during Tue morning. Warm (max 20°C on Thu morning, min 14°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the N on Tue night, light winds from the NNW by Thu morning).

Tue
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
NNE
6
2.2
NNE
7
2.2
NNE
7
2.1
N
7
2.1
N
7
2.5
N
7
2.4
N
8
2
N
8
1.7
N
8
1.5
N
8
1.3
NNE
7
1.2
NNE
7
1.1
NNE
7
0.8
N
7
0.7
N
7
0.7
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
0.6
ENE
7
0.4
N
15
0.5
ENE
9
0.4
N
15
0.8
NE
8
0.7
NE
8
0.7
NE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
212
420
448
465
478
735
706
507
365
265
191
151
118
62
43
51
52
37
67
48
67
86
67
65
Wind (km/h)
35
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
35
N
20
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
W
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
High Tide
8:39AM2.21m
8:50PM2.12m
9:20AM2.22m
9:31PM2.10m
10:00AM2.20m
10:12PM2.06m
Low Tide
2:56PM0.37m
3:09AM0.24m
3:37PM0.38m
3:50AM0.26m
4:19PM0.40m
4:31AM0.30m
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
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 mm
8
12
11
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Temp °C
17
17
17
17
17
17
18
17
18
19
19
18
16
15
15
15
18
20
19
19
16
15
14
14
Feels °C
13
13
13
13
13
13
16
16
16
16
18
17
16
14
14
14
17
19
17
18
15
14
13
13
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