Daniels Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 12 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
20.4° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Daniels Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Daniels Reef at 3PM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 12). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)15ft (4.5m)14s
Afternoon (12 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (12 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
NE
4
NE
3
NE
2.3
NE
1.1
NE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
N
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.4
ENE
1
N
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
Period(s) (?)141312121111109101010109156141414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)79804933266514222932631871391361371029488797620314413613212887835251
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
35
WSW
45
WSW
35
W
30
W
25
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
NW
15
W
15
W
15
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
25
W
30
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:50AM
0.67
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise6:41-------6:43-------6:43-------
Sunset---6:00------5:58-------5:57-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
451-------12------1211--
Temp. °C212019191918171718212019171816161719181615161515
Feels °C (?)211712141616161616202018161814151516141311111010
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