Napier - The Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.48° S 176.89° E

Napier - The Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 23 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Napier - The Reef sea temperature is
12.4° C
1.4° 

Napier - The 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 Napier - The Reef today (23 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 11s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 11s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 11s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Napier - The Reef at 4PM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 23). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jul)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Afternoon (23 Jul)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Evening (23 Jul)0.5ft (0.2m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Fri morning, min 5°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, fresh winds from the SW by Sat afternoon).

Thu
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ESE
11
0.2
ESE
11
0.2
ESE
11
0.2
ESE
11
0.2
ESE
11
0.2
ESE
11
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
10
0.4
NE
5
0.4
NE
5
0.2
ESE
11
0.5
NE
4
0.6
NNE
4
0.3
E
11
0.7
ENE
5
0.7
ENE
11
0.7
ENE
12
0.6
E
12
0.6
E
11
0.4
SE
17
0.4
SE
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
12
12
11
11
11
11
11
10
6
5
13
7
10
21
26
128
140
99
89
72
67
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
5
ENE
5
E
5
NNE
10
W
5
NW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NW
15
N
20
NNW
20
N
15
N
15
N
10
WNW
10
N
10
WNW
25
W
25
SW
25
WSW
20
SW
Wind State
glassy
glassy
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
High Tide
12:49PM1.60m
1:09AM1.56m
1:41PM1.59m
1:58AM1.53m
2:31PM1.57m
Low Tide
6:34AM0.34m
7:03PM0.40m
7:22AM0.40m
7:55PM0.45m
8:10AM0.45m
8:45PM0.48m
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:24
7:22
7:22
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:13
5:14
5:15
 mm
2
Temp °C
6
9
11
11
9
9
10
10
11
15
15
14
13
13
12
11
10
11
9
8
7
Feels °C
4
7
8
9
6
7
7
6
8
11
10
9
9
9
9
9
6
4
2
1
0
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