Daniels Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.30° S 174.80° E

Daniels Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Daniels Reef sea temperature is
15.8° C
0.4° 

Daniels Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Daniels Reef today (09 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 5s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jul, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 6s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Daniels Reef at 7PM is: 1.6m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (09 Jul)5ft (1.6m)5s
Evening (09 Jul)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 13°C on Thu afternoon, min 9°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Thu afternoon, calm by Fri night).

Thu
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
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
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
1.6
SSE
5
1.5
S
5
1.7
S
6
1.6
SSE
6
1.5
S
5
1.5
S
5
1.4
S
5
1.2
S
5
1
SSE
5
0.6
ESE
9
0.6
E
9
0.7
E
9
0.7
E
10
0.7
E
10
0.7
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
48
48
123
126
177
161
126
119
100
71
49
68
61
83
90
92
92
70
69
71
71
46
44
44
Wind (km/h)
20
S
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
S
35
S
30
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
S
10
S
10
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
5
E
10
E
10
ESE
5
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
ESE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
High Tide
2:00PM2.00m
2:18AM2.09m
3:00PM2.05m
3:17AM2.10m
4:01PM2.13m
4:19AM2.14m
Low Tide
7:53AM0.34m
8:14PM0.49m
8:47AM0.31m
9:13PM0.48m
9:45AM0.26m
10:16PM0.44m
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clear
clear
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part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:31
7:31
7:31
7:30
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:20
5:20
5:21
5:22
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
11
12
13
12
11
10
9
9
10
12
10
10
10
10
10
10
11
11
11
11
11
12
11
12
Feels °C
6
6
6
5
4
3
3
3
4
6
4
5
7
8
8
9
9
8
8
8
8
9
8
8
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