Daniels Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 08 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
20.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Daniels Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Daniels Reef at 11AM is: 1.9m 8s primary swell from a North direction and 1.5m 8s secondary swell from a North direction, 1.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)6ft (1.8m)8s
Afternoon (08 Apr)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (08 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)15s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
NNE
2.3
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.9
N
1.1
N
1.2
N
1.5
N
1.5
N
1.5
N
1.6
N
1.7
N
1.8
N
1.8
N
1.7
N
1.6
N
1.6
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.4
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.7
NNE
2
NE
Period(s) (?)8889915151414141516161615151515141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)979655427270232348506573881881984132114521565146613321154100785087972273410141285
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNE
25
N
10
NW
5
WNW
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:19AM
1.95
11:49PM
2.00
12:03PM
1.87
12:36AM
1.93
12:51PM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:26AM
0.50
5:40PM
0.44
6:11AM
0.58
6:26PM
0.51
7:00AM
0.64
7:15PM
0.56
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
Sunrise--6:39-------6:39-------6:41-----
Sunset-----6:05-------6:04-------6:01--
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
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Rain (mm)
322---------------------
Temp. °C202021222220181717161719201919181818181919191919
Feels °C (?)171923232320181717151718202019171818181817171716
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