Control Tower/Airport Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 16.76° N 62.16° W

Control Tower/Airport Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 29 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Control Tower/Airport Reef sea temperature is
29.2°C
0.5° 

Control Tower/Airport 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 Control Tower/Airport Reef today (29 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 8s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 8s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 8s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Control Tower/Airport Reef at 6PM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 29). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Aug)5ft (1.5m)8s
Afternoon (29 Aug)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (29 Aug)5ft (1.5m)8s

Table - waves today at Control Tower/Airport Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 29mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 28°C on Sat afternoon, min 26°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NE on Sat night, strong winds from the ESE by Sun night).

Sat
29
Sunday
30
Monday
31
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
E
8
1.5
ENE
8
1.4
ENE
8
1.4
ENE
8
1.5
ENE
8
1.5
ENE
8
1.7
ENE
9
1.9
ENE
10
2.3
ENE
10
2.1
E
10
2
E
10
2
E
10
2.3
E
10
2
E
10
1.7
E
10
1.7
E
10
1.8
E
9
1.6
E
9
1.4
E
9
1.3
E
9
1.3
E
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
258
246
214
232
247
260
429
678
1124
969
849
802
1034
752
539
518
521
399
299
258
247
Wind (km/h)
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
30
NE
20
NE
5
NE
25
S
30
SE
40
SE
35
ESE
40
E
45
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
35
ESE
30
E
30
E
25
E
30
E
Wind State
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
5:34PM0.26m
5:12AM0.26m
5:26PM0.27m
6:14AM0.24m
5:32PM0.29m
Low Tide
11:09AM0.15m
11:30PM0.19m
11:26AM0.18m
00:30AM0.15m
11:12AM0.20m
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:54
5:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:23
6:22
6:22
 mm
1
2
6
8
6
1
1
2
1
1
Temp °C
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
27
28
28
28
27
26
27
28
28
27
28
28
28
28
Feels °C
29
29
29
29
30
32
29
27
27
27
26
24
23
25
27
27
24
27
28
29
29
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