Daniels Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 21 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
19.7° C
(Which is 1.2°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 4AM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (22 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (22 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)4s

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


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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
1
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
ESE
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.8
E
1.3
ENE
1.5
E
1.9
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2
E
Period(s) (?)7777111111114544766666677777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)493539383837373735674521362211101647134211371492466364
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
15
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
25
ESE
30
SE
35
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:30PM
2.44
10:49AM
2.28
11:24PM
2.37
11:45AM
2.18
12:21AM
2.29
12:45PM
2.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:53AM
0.18
5:13PM
0.08
5:50AM
0.25
6:09PM
0.18
6:49AM
0.32
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise----6:50-------6:52-------6:52---
Sunset------5:46-------5:45-------5:44-
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------26231--
Temp. °C121111121213131414131211121213131312121414151515
Feels °C (?)87677891097778810101191010881010
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