Daniels Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 01 Apr 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
21.2° C
(Which is 1.7°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 5AM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 01). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)5ft (1.6m)6s
Afternoon (01 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Evening (01 Apr)4ft (1.2m)7s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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 (?)
0.8
SSW
0.6
S
0.2
NNE
1.4
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
E
1.1
E
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)4411578887777776776668888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24121111227029019819314612111897117735658586666811041019979
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
15
S
15
E
30
E
30
E
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
15
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
ENE
15
E
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:10PM
2.07
7:33AM
2.20
7:59PM
2.13
8:18AM
2.22
8:44PM
2.18
8:59AM
2.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:27AM
0.32
1:57PM
0.26
2:15AM
0.30
2:41PM
0.22
2:59AM
0.29
3:21PM
0.20
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise----7:33-------7:33-------7:33---
Sunset-------7:15-------7:14-------7:13
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---21-------------------
Temp. °C161617181818181818181717171817171717171818181818
Feels °C (?)131516141414151515141314141514141314141414151515
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