Daniels Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.30° S 174.80° E

Daniels Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 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 SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Daniels Reef at 9AM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am 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 Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 13°C on Thu afternoon, min 9°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Thu afternoon, calm by Sat night).

Thursday
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
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
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 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
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.5
E
10
1.2
S
5
1.6
SSE
5
1.7
SSE
6
1.7
SSE
6
1.6
S
6
1.5
S
5
1.5
S
5
1.4
S
5
1.2
S
5
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.7
E
9
1.3
ESE
10
0.7
ESE
10
0.7
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
69
69
48
61
150
188
181
157
131
120
100
71
43
47
65
85
295
98
92
70
71
49
47
47
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
15
SSW
20
S
30
SSE
35
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
SE
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
1:23AM2.10m
2:00PM2.00m
2:18AM2.09m
3:00PM2.05m
3:17AM2.10m
4:01PM2.13m
Low Tide
7:53AM0.34m
8:14PM0.49m
8:47AM0.31m
9:13PM0.48m
9:45AM0.26m
10:16PM0.44m
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
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
10
11
12
13
11
11
10
9
9
10
11
12
11
10
10
9
10
10
10
11
11
11
11
Feels °C
8
7
6
6
6
4
3
3
3
3
4
5
7
8
8
8
6
7
6
7
8
8
8
9
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