Daniels Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 08 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
20.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Daniels Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Daniels Reef at 8PM is: 1.1m 15s primary swell from a North direction and 1.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Afternoon (08 Apr)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (08 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)15s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.2
ENE
0.9
N
1.1
N
1.2
N
1.5
N
1.5
N
1.5
N
1.6
N
1.8
N
1.8
N
1.8
N
1.7
N
1.6
N
1.6
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.9
NE
2.3
NE
3
NE
Period(s) (?)889151514141415161616151515151414131313131314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)47228023234850656988188198413061626158515491280123211841031862915824890111218343341
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
S
10
S
10
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
20
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
35
SE
40
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:19AM
1.95
11:49PM
2.00
12:03PM
1.87
12:36AM
1.93
12:51PM
1.80
1:28AM
1.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:40PM
0.44
6:11AM
0.58
6:26PM
0.51
7:00AM
0.64
7:15PM
0.56
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise6:39-------6:39-------6:41-------
Sunset---6:05-------6:04-------6:01----
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
2-----------------------
Temp. °C212322201817171718192019181717171719191919191919
Feels °C (?)222423211818171718182020181516161618181817161513
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