Napier - The Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.48° S 176.89° E

Napier - The Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Napier - The Reef sea temperature is
13.0°C
0.9° 

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 (02 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 12s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 13s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Napier - The Reef at 12AM is: 0.2m 3s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 01). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Oct)--
Afternoon (02 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Evening (02 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Fri afternoon, min 9°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
E
11
0.4
SE
11
0.3
SE
11
0.1
E
11
0.2
SSE
10
0.2
SSE
10
0.2
SSE
10
0.1
SE
12
0.1
SE
12
0.1
SE
11
0.1
SE
13
0.2
SSE
13
0.2
SSE
12
0.2
SSE
12
0.1
SE
12
0.1
SE
11
0.1
E
16
1.4
SSE
6
0.7
SE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2
0
18
2
0
0
0
6
5
5
7
0
0
0
5
5
5
0
32
Wind (km/h)
10
E
10
NE
5
N
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
NW
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
WNW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
S
20
SE
20
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
on
glassy
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
10:15PM1.70m
10:35AM1.80m
11:09PM1.68m
11:29AM1.77m
Low Tide
4:05PM0.18m
4:24AM0.18m
5:00PM0.17m
5:19AM0.17m
5:55PM0.15m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
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6:45
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7:16
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5
4
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Temp °C
15
13
12
11
10
9
12
17
19
20
17
12
11
10
13
12
10
9
10
Feels °C
12
11
11
9
7
6
9
14
16
18
14
9
8
7
11
8
5
5
5
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