Daniels Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 11 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
20.4° C
(Which is 1.4°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 4AM is: 5.0m 14s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)20ft (6.0m)14s
Afternoon (12 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (12 Apr)4ft (1.2m)11s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
ENE
5.5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
6
NE
4
NE
3
NE
2.4
NE
1.2
NNE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
1.7
NNW
1.4
NNW
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)1514141414131212111010101010106615141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)103531151999969718120695256289516103412361871411391401062121447370215144136132128
Wind
(km/h)
50
SE
50
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
25
SE
35
SW
40
WSW
40
WSW
30
W
25
W
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
ononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:23AM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:09PM
0.59
8:50AM
0.67
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise----6:41-------6:43-------6:43---
Sunset-------6:00------5:58-------5:57-
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
91489211811------13------11
Temp. °C202021212121191919181717182021191717161517192017
Feels °C (?)141416162018141416151516171820181616151416161715
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