Daniels Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 36.30° S 174.80° E

Issued: 12 pm 06 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Daniels Reef sea temperature is

16.7°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 (06 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Daniels Reef at 8PM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 06). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	8s
Afternoon (06 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Evening (06 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Fri morning, min 14°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Fri 6					Saturday 7								Sunday 8								Mon 9
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	N 7	NE 8	N 15	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 7	N 15	NNE 6	N 6	NNE 6	N 7	N 7	N 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	N 7	N 7	N 6	N 6	N 14	ENE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	39	42	28	21	22	22	23	19	4	155	171	155	286	262	153	118	99	88	44	43	39	38	35	32
Wind (km/h)	N	N	NNW	NNE	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	NNE	ENE
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	cross-off	cross-off	off	glassy	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross
High Tide				5:48PM2.13m				6:23AM2.07m				6:38PM2.13m					7:12AM2.13m				7:25PM2.13m
Low Tide		11:42AM0.41m				00:14AM0.29m				12:36PM0.40m					1:02AM0.26m				1:26PM0.39m				1:47AM0.24m


	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—
	—	—	—	7:55	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:58	—	—	—	8:00
mm	—	—	5	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	20	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	19	19	19	16	16	15	14	18	19	19	18	17	16	16	17
Feels °C	18	18	18	18	17	18	17	16	14	16	17	19	16	15	14	13	17	17	17	17	17	15	16	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	ENE 7	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 7	N 15	N 15	N 16	NNE 6	N 7	N 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	N 7	N 7	ENE 7	NE 7	N 6	N 6
kJ	39	39	28	21	22	22	23	19	4	17	19	155	206	187	143	118	99	88	44	43	20	23	28	27
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 7	N 10	ENE 10	N 15	N 15	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	N 12	N 12	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 13	N 14	N 14	N 14	ENE 7	ENE 7	N 15	N 15	NE 7	ENE 7
kJ	23	2	10	18	17	4	4	4	4	3	3	20	20	5	14	15	36	37	36	33	17	17	23	32
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 10	N 16	N 16	NE 10	NE 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 12	—	N 11	N 14	N 14	N 13	N 16	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 14	N 14	N 12	N 12	N 14	N 13
kJ	2	5	5	4	4	2	2	2	3	—	2	15	4	3	5	2	2	2	37	37	11	11	35	31
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 4	N 7	N 4	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	N 6	NNW 6	N 7	N 7	N 7	—	—	—	—	—	N 6	N 6	—	ENE 2
kJ	4	42	27	34	44	57	64	52	126	155	171	101	286	262	153	—	—	—	—	—	39	38	—	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	1	1	4
Distance (km)	31	73	31	68	68	68	68	68	68	315	87	0	0	0	0	3	3	61	84	68	36	31	45	68
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1			1	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	4	1
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	1	3	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	8	8	7	6	7	5	5	5	9	8	7	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4

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