Daniels Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 07 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 11PM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)--
Afternoon (07 Apr)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (07 Apr)10ft (3.0m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
NE
3
NE
3
NE
3
NE
2.5
NNE
2
N
1.6
N
1.4
NNE
1.2
E
0.9
N
1.1
N
1.3
N
1.5
N
1.5
N
1.5
N
1.6
N
1.8
N
1.9
N
1.8
N
1.7
N
1.6
N
1.6
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.4
NNE
Period(s) (?)988888889151514141415161616151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1415131612751151844548333238225348506672869881105113381667180915251280115412321091811
Wind
(km/h)
35
ENE
40
NE
35
NE
35
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
10
NNW
10
N
5
NNW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
10
E
5
ENE
5
SE
5
ESE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassonononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:06PM
2.07
11:19AM
1.95
11:49PM
2.00
12:03PM
1.87
12:36AM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:58PM
0.36
5:26AM
0.50
5:40PM
0.44
6:11AM
0.58
6:26PM
0.51
7:00AM
0.64
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise------6:39-------6:39-------6:41-
Sunset-6:06-------6:05-------6:04------
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
5532421----------1------
Temp. °C191919202120212222201818171718202020191919181819
Feels °C (?)151415161818222323211919171719212122202020181717
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