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Fishermans Reef surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 21 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Fishermans Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fishermans Reef sea temperature is
22.2° C
 (Which is 2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fishermans Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Fishermans Reef at 11AM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (21 Jan)8ft (2.5m)9s
Evening (21 Jan)7ft (2.1m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
E
2.5
E
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
2.1
ENE
3
NE
2.5
N
1.8
NNE
1.6
N
1.4
N
1.3
N
1.2
N
1.1
N
1.1
N
1
N
0.9
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)99999999899999101011111010101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14461145955105010701354692113580549341331328825121924222418213810096695959
Wind
(km/h)
40
E
40
E
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
E
30
NE
25
NNE
25
N
20
WNW
25
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
25
W
25
W
30
W
30
W
20
WNW
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		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
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:05AM
2.73
10:22PM
2.61
10:47AM
2.76
11:06PM
2.64
11:29AM
2.77
11:50PM
2.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:49AM
0.73
4:19PM
0.80
4:29AM
0.70
5:01PM
0.75
5:09AM
0.70
5:43PM
0.73
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
Sunrise-6:24-------6:24-------6:26------
Sunset-----8:38-------8:37-------8:37--
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
rain showers
Rain (mm)
2817121524541-----------1--1
Temp. °C202020202122232321212222232119191919212221191818
Feels °C (?)151617171820232321202019201817171717191818151514
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