Daniels Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.30° S 174.80° E

Daniels Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Daniels Reef sea temperature is
15.0°C
0.4° 

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 (09 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 6s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 15s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 15s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Daniels Reef at 4PM is: 0.1m 15s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)1ft (0.3m)6s
Afternoon (09 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)15s
Evening (09 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu morning, min 9°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Wed morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Fri morning).

Wed
9
Thursday
10
Friday
11
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
N
6
0.3
N
6
0.1
NE
15
0.1
NE
16
0.2
NNE
15
0.3
NE
8
0.3
NE
8
0.3
NE
8
0.3
NE
14
0.3
NE
14
0.3
NE
14
0.3
NE
14
0.3
NE
14
0.3
NE
14
0.3
NE
13
0.2
NNE
15
0.9
SSW
4
1.1
SSW
4
1.2
SSW
5
1.1
SW
4
1
SW
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8
8
9
10
23
10
12
12
30
32
31
32
31
30
28
21
24
40
61
46
34
Wind (km/h)
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
N
5
WNW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
25
SSW
20
SW
30
WSW
20
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
5:32PM2.25m
5:56AM2.14m
6:26PM2.32m
6:50AM2.21m
7:16PM2.37m
Low Tide
11:17AM0.26m
11:57PM0.30m
12:15PM0.20m
00:51AM0.21m
1:08PM0.15m
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:30
6:28
6:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:06
6:07
6:07
 mm
2
Temp °C
12
14
14
13
12
10
10
9
13
15
15
14
11
10
10
11
11
12
14
12
12
Feels °C
10
12
12
11
10
7
7
6
10
11
11
11
6
5
3
6
4
5
7
6
7
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