Daniels Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 18 Jan 2026 NZDT
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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
22.1° C
(Which is 2.1°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 8PM is: 2.4m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)--
Afternoon (18 Jan)8ft (2.4m)9s
Evening (18 Jan)8ft (2.5m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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 (?)
2.3
E
2.4
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
2.5
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.4
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2.3
E
2.4
E
2.4
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
Period(s) (?)999999999999998999988999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8238819511028134913591473149914991473137311087526708501113921707676703816875971951
Wind
(km/h)
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
45
ESE
40
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
E
35
E
35
E
40
E
40
E
40
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:05PM
1.95
8:39AM
2.11
8:49PM
2.00
9:20AM
2.18
9:31PM
2.04
10:00AM
2.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:26AM
0.35
2:59PM
0.48
3:09AM
0.30
3:42PM
0.42
3:51AM
0.26
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise-----6:22-------6:22-------6:24--
Sunset-8:38-------8:38-------8:37------
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11111---1396731121111---
Temp. °C181818181818191919191919191919191920201919191920
Feels °C (?)131313131212131313141314131314151516161414131314
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