Daniels Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 36.30° S 174.80° E

Issued: 6 am 10 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Daniels Reef sea temperature is

15.5°C

Daniels Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Daniels Reef today (10 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Daniels Reef at 11AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 10). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	8s
Afternoon (10 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Evening (10 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 35mm), heaviest during Mon morning. Warm (max 20°C on Sun morning, min 14°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Saturday 10							Sunday 11								Monday 12
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 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	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	NE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	39	39	39	28	28	23	23	23	24	26	27	26	26	25	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	16	15
Wind (km/h)	NNE	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	NNW	NNW	N	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	glassy	glassy
High Tide			7:33AM2.18m				7:52PM2.26m				8:20AM2.23m				8:36PM2.26m				9:04AM2.27m				9:18PM2.24m
Low Tide	1:29AM0.21m				1:49PM0.26m				2:15AM0.16m				2:36PM0.25m				2:58AM0.14m				3:20PM0.26m


	6:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:41	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:32	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	1	1	4	2	7	10	5	2	1	1
Temp °C	15	15	16	17	17	16	15	15	15	16	17	20	20	17	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	15
Feels °C	15	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	15	16	18	18	15	15	15	13	13	13	14	15	16	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	NE 8
kJ	39	39	39	28	28	23	23	23	24	26	27	26	26	25	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	16	15
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NNE 11	N 11	N 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 4	N 10	N 4	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 10	N 10	N 4	N 4	N 5	N 5
kJ	5	5	5	11	9	8	11	11	2	2	8	6	2	4	4	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	4
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 10	N 10	N 10	E 6	E 6	NNE 10	N 14	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 10	N 10	—	N 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	N 10	E 7	E 7	N 9	N 9	ENE 9	ENE 9
kJ	2	2	2	3	1	10	4	2	2	2	2	2	—	2	9	9	2	1	1	2	2	8	8
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 2	—	—	NNE 2	NNE 3	NNE 3	N 3	N 3	N 4	N 4	N 4	NNW 4	NNW 4	W 2	WSW 2	—	NNW 5	N 5	N 5	—	—	—	—
kJ	1	—	—	1	2	3	3	6	7	7	9	11	7	1	1	—	5	8	7	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	4	3	1	1	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	53	53	68	72	139	78	68	31	58	31	14	8	14	14	14	14	31	31	14	14	14	14	58
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	4	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	6	5	7	9	9	9	8	8	4	5	6	6	5	5	6	5

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