Fishermans Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 36.62° S 174.77° E

Issued: 11 am 14 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Fishermans Reef sea temperature is

14.3° C

Fishermans Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Fishermans Reef today (14 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with N swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with N swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 5s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Fishermans Reef at 8PM is: 0.5m 5s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	5s
Afternoon (14 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	5s
Evening (14 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Tue morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Tue morning, min 12°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tue 14					Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Fri 17
	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	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM
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	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 5	NNE 5	E 10	E 10	E 12	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 13	E 13	E 14	E 14	E 14	ENE 18	ENE 18	E 17
Wave Graph
kJ	41	34	27	19	13	8	8	8	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	14	31	16	36	33	66	103	151
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NW	WNW	W	WSW	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	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-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	6:40AM2.73m				7:14PM2.90m				7:37AM2.80m				8:07PM2.98m				8:31AM2.85m				8:58PM3.02m
Low Tide			12:54PM0.48m				1:30AM0.59m				1:51PM0.40m				2:25AM0.52m				2:44PM0.35m					3:17AM0.49m


	7:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:28
	—	—	5:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:23	—	—	—	—	5:23
mm	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	13	16	16	15	14	13	13	13	13	15	16	14	14	13	13	12	12	15	16	14	12	12	12	13
Feels °C	11	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	11	11	10	10	13	13	12	9	9	9	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	N 5	N 5	N 5	NNE 5	N 5	NE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 13	E 14	E 14	E 14	ENE 18	ENE 18	E 17
kJ	8	8	27	19	13	8	5	3	2	4	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	31	16	36	33	66	103	151
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 11	NE 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	NE 5	N 5	N 5	E 12	N 5	NNE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NNE 4	N 4	N 4	—	E 10	—	E 19	E 14	N 5	N 5
kJ	5	5	7	7	8	8	3	2	2	11	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	—	8	—	29	32	2	2
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 11	N 10	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	E 10	E 10	E 12	NE 10	NE 4	NE 11	NE 11	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	E 13	NE 10	NE 10	E 20	N 5	N 5	NE 10	NE 10
kJ	2	2	5	5	4	4	8	8	11	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	14	4	4	8	2	2	4	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 5	N 5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W 2	SW 3	SW 3	SW 3	WSW 3
kJ	41	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	3	3
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Red Beach Auckland	Forestry Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Kaitoke Beach Great Barrier Island	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Ruapuke Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan - Ngarunui Beach Raglan and West Waikato	Okiwi - Whangapoua Estuary Great Barrier Island	Okiwi - Whangapoua Estuary Great Barrier Island	Scott Point Northland	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Okiwi - Whangapoua Estuary Great Barrier Island	Ocean Beach (Whangarei) Northland	Ocean Beach (Whangarei) Northland	Kaitoke Beach Great Barrier Island	Kaitoke Beach Great Barrier Island	Waikawau Bay Coromandel	Red Beach Auckland	Red Beach Auckland	Red Beach Auckland	Red Beach Auckland
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	4	1	1	5	6	5	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	5	46	28	76	75	75	140	133	80	80	297	188	188	188	80	91	91	76	76	68	5	5	5	5
Best forecast wave conditions in Auckland	Whatipu																				Red Beach	Red Beach	Red Beach	Red Beach
Rating (10 max)	2																				1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	1	4	5	5	5	6	7	5	5	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	2	3	3	4	4	4	5
Header Global	Bancoora Australia	Buchupureo Chile	Buchupureo Chile	Puertecillo Chile	Point Roadnight Australia	Bancoora Australia	Fox River New Zealand	Cathedral Rock Australia	Cathedral Rock Australia	Cathedral Rock Australia	Asu Indonesia	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes New Zealand	Antiques Maldives	Balnarring Point Australia	Papatowai New Zealand	Bali Village Indonesia	Dolphin Point South Africa	Dolphin Point South Africa	Boneyards South Africa	Boneyards South Africa	Luna Park Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand
Rating (10 max)	5	7	7	6	9	9	6	8	8	7	4	5	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	9	9

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