Daniels Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.30° S 174.80° E

Daniels Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 27 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Daniels Reef sea temperature is
16.9°C
1.2° 

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 (27 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 12s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Daniels Reef at 4PM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Afternoon (27 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (27 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu morning, min 11°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Wed morning, fresh winds from the W by Thu afternoon).

Tue
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
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
Rating
(10 max)
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
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
N
12
0.1
N
12
1.4
NNW
6
1
N
7
0.9
N
7
0.9
N
8
0.8
N
8
0.7
N
7
0.7
N
7
0.6
N
7
0.6
N
7
0.5
N
7
0.5
N
6
0.5
N
6
0.6
N
6
0.7
NNW
6
0.1
N
12
0.7
N
6
0.5
N
6
0.3
NNW
7
0.7
NNW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3
3
146
89
83
90
71
53
50
34
33
21
19
19
26
33
3
35
18
10
54
Wind (km/h)
20
NNW
20
NW
20
W
20
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
W
20
W
20
W
25
WNW
20
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
30
W
35
W
30
W
25
W
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
8:36AM2.32m
8:51PM2.32m
9:23AM2.40m
9:38PM2.34m
10:11AM2.44m
Low Tide
2:52PM0.22m
3:13AM0.04m
3:41PM0.18m
4:01AM0.02m
4:31PM0.18m
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:22
—
—
—
—
—
6:22
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:20
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
—
—
7:45
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:46
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:47
—
 mm
—
—
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Temp °C
17
18
17
15
13
11
11
11
15
17
18
16
14
12
13
13
17
19
19
16
14
Feels °C
14
16
15
11
10
7
8
8
12
14
13
11
9
8
9
9
11
13
13
10
9
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Daniels Reef surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest