Daniels Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.30° S 174.80° E

Daniels Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Daniels Reef sea temperature is
14.4°C
0.1° 

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 (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 6s period with NNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 11s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Daniels Reef at 8AM is: 0.3m 6s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)1ft (0.3m)6s
Afternoon (05 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Evening (05 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun afternoon, min 12°C on Sat morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNW on Mon morning, light winds from the NW by Mon night).

Saturday
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
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
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
NNW
7
0.3
NNW
6
0.3
NNW
6
0.1
NE
11
0.2
ENE
11
0.2
ENE
11
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.1
NE
10
0.1
NE
10
0.1
NE
10
0.1
NE
9
0.1
NE
9
0.1
NE
9
0.1
NE
9
0.1
NE
9
0.1
NE
9
0.1
NE
9
1.8
NNW
6
1.6
N
7
1.7
NNW
7
1.2
N
7
1.1
N
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
17
7
6
4
11
11
10
10
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
282
272
302
139
121
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
25
NW
15
NNW
15
W
10
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
00:37AM2.11m
1:16PM2.12m
1:37AM2.05m
2:20PM2.10m
2:43AM2.02m
3:27PM2.11m
Low Tide
7:04AM0.29m
7:38PM0.46m
8:05AM0.32m
8:43PM0.48m
9:09AM0.33m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:33
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:02
6:04
6:05
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
12
12
12
15
15
13
12
12
12
12
13
15
17
16
15
14
16
16
16
16
14
14
12
Feels °C
10
10
10
11
11
10
10
10
9
9
10
11
14
14
11
10
12
12
11
11
12
12
10
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