Daniels Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.30° S 174.80° E

Daniels Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Daniels Reef sea temperature is
15.0°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 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 6s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 15s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 15s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Daniels Reef at 3AM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a North direction and 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)1ft (0.3m)6s
Afternoon (09 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)15s
Evening (09 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu morning, min 10°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the SSW by Fri morning).

Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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
Rating
(10 max)
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
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
N
7
0.4
N
7
0.4
N
7
0.3
N
6
0.3
N
6
0.3
N
6
0.1
NE
15
0.1
NE
16
0.2
NNE
15
0.3
NE
8
0.3
NE
8
0.3
NE
8
0.3
NE
14
0.3
NE
14
0.3
NE
14
0.3
NE
14
0.3
NE
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
24
15
14
9
8
8
9
10
23
10
10
12
30
32
31
32
31
Wind (km/h)
10
SW
5
WSW
5
W
0
SE
5
E
10
ENE
10
NE
5
N
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
30
SSW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
High Tide
4:56AM2.07m
5:32PM2.25m
5:56AM2.14m
6:26PM2.32m
Low Tide
10:57PM0.39m
11:17AM0.26m
11:57PM0.30m
12:15PM0.20m
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:30
6:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:06
6:07
 mm
2
Temp °C
11
10
10
11
12
14
14
13
13
11
10
10
13
15
15
14
11
Feels °C
8
8
9
10
10
12
11
12
11
9
7
7
10
10
11
11
5
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