Daniels Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 19 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 1.0°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: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a North direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)5ft (1.6m)8s
Afternoon (19 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Evening (19 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)7s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
N
1.4
N
1.4
N
1.4
N
1.4
N
1.4
N
1.5
N
1.9
N
1.6
N
1.5
N
1.4
N
1.6
N
1.3
N
1.2
N
1.1
N
1
N
1
N
1
N
0.9
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
Period(s) (?)888777778887777777777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)291216216210205206242368282255222276183156134103103102836464473433
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
N
20
NNW
15
W
10
N
20
NNW
30
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
WSW
5
SSE
10
S
15
S
15
SSW
25
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:17AM
2.39
8:49PM
2.45
9:06AM
2.40
9:38PM
2.47
9:56AM
2.36
10:30PM
2.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:40PM
-0.02
3:08AM
0.13
3:29PM
-0.03
4:00AM
0.14
4:20PM
0.01
4:53AM
0.18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise6:48-------6:48-------6:50-------
Sunset--5:50-------5:49-------5:47-----
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---11131-121---21-------
Temp. °C171920161616161415171615141414141517161312121212
Feels °C (?)1617171415131111121413141313131213141275556
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