Daniels Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 20 Nov 2025 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
18.6° C
(Which is 1.8°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: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (20 Nov)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (20 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
NE
1.5
NE
1.5
NE
1.4
NE
1.2
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
1
NE
1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
Period(s) (?)1110101010101010999999999991010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)593477450363292286245211203170170166148123120120120123128142184184170163
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
E
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NW
5
WNW
5
WSW
10
SSW
5
SE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
S
10
S
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglasscrossoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:07AM
2.09
8:17PM
2.03
8:47AM
2.13
8:57PM
2.03
9:26AM
2.15
9:37PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:22PM
0.47
2:35AM
0.31
3:03PM
0.45
3:15AM
0.31
3:44PM
0.45
3:56AM
0.32
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise-------6:00-------6:00-------5:58
Sunset---8:10-------8:12-------8:13----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------------1-
Temp. °C182021201716151517181919181717161819202019181616
Feels °C (?)172021201716141517171718181818161818192020191516
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Latest Updates

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Daniels Reef surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest