Daniels Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.30° S 174.80° E

Daniels Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 25 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Daniels Reef sea temperature is
15.5°C
0.6° 

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 (25 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 15s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 3s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 15s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Daniels Reef at 11AM is: 0.1m 16s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)15s
Afternoon (25 Sep)2ft (0.6m)3s
Evening (25 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun morning, min 11°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Sun afternoon, light winds from the WSW by Sun night).

Friday
25
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
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
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
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
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
E
15
0.1
E
15
0.1
E
15
0.1
E
16
0.6
SW
3
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
15
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
12
0.1
E
15
0.3
NNW
7
0.8
NNW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4
4
4
5
6
14
17
11
11
14
14
14
13
13
13
13
12
12
11
11
4
10
54
Wind (km/h)
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
25
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
W
35
WNW
20
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
High Tide
5:51AM1.93m
6:14PM2.09m
6:36AM2.04m
6:56PM2.18m
7:20AM2.14m
7:37PM2.26m
Low Tide
12:05PM0.42m
00:37AM0.38m
12:51PM0.35m
1:19AM0.27m
1:35PM0.28m
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Temp °C
11
11
12
13
14
12
12
12
11
12
13
13
14
13
13
13
14
14
15
17
17
16
12
Feels °C
8
8
9
8
8
8
9
9
8
9
9
9
9
8
9
7
9
9
10
11
10
9
8
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