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Daniels Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 29 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
20.6° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Daniels Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Daniels Reef at 1PM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)1ft (0.3m)10s
Afternoon (29 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Evening (29 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sun
01
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
N
0.8
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
Period(s) (?)101011111112121213121312121111111312121111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1717109915142955464037375068103162187217196189175162161
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
NNE
5
N
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
W
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
5
N
0
N
0
NNE
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NW
10
WSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassglasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrossoncross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		glassglassglasscrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:12AM
2.09
4:32PM
2.08
5:17AM
2.14
5:37PM
2.09
6:21AM
2.21
6:40PM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:30AM
0.47
10:59PM
0.28
11:37AM
0.45
12:03AM
0.24
12:42PM
0.39
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sun
01
Sunrise-6:33-------6:33-------6:35------
Sunset-----8:32-------8:31-------8:31--
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191920222323191716151822211919181817192122221816
Feels °C (?)202121222323191615141721191819192019202122221815
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