Dark Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 12.16° N 109.20° E

Issued: 6 pm 16 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Dark Reef sea temperature is

29.2°C

Dark 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 Dark Reef today (16 Sep):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 4s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Dark Reef at 11PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+07) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (16 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	4s
Evening (16 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Wed night. Warm (max 29°C on Wed afternoon, min 25°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wed 16			Thursday 17								Friday 18
	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	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 4	NE 5	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NNE 8	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	16	22	93	55	93	88	44	54	86	93	93	90	77	75	75	95	115	80	112
Wind (km/h)	ENE	NNE	N	WNW	WNW	WNW	ESE	SE	SE	SE	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	off	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	glassy	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy
High Tide				00:04AM1.38m								00:27AM1.40m
Low Tide							8:42AM0.38m								9:55AM0.38m


	—	—	—	—	5:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:31	—	—	—	—	—	—
	5:44	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:42	—	—
mm	2	3	4	—	1	—	—	1	2	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	2
Temp °C	29	27	27	26	25	26	29	28	28	27	27	26	25	26	29	29	29	27	27
Feels °C	33	32	31	30	29	30	33	31	32	32	32	30	29	30	33	31	33	31	32
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	SSW 6	SSW 6	NE 8	NE 8
kJ	5	17	14	55	93	88	42	54	86	93	93	90	77	75	75	6	6	80	112
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 13	NE 7	E 13	NE 8	NNE 8	NNE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 14	E 13	S 5	SSW 5	SSW 5	SSW 5	SSW 6	NE 16	NE 15	SSW 6	SSW 5
kJ	7	14	3	17	6	6	14	14	8	3	1	3	3	3	6	10	9	6	6
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	NE 13	—	E 13	NE 13	NE 14	NE 9	NNE 9	S 6	E 16	E 16	E 16	E 15	NE 15	NE 15	NE 16	ENE 15	NE 15	NE 14
kJ	—	7	—	3	7	7	13	8	1	5	5	5	4	9	9	9	23	9	8
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 4	NE 5	NE 8	NNE 8	NNE 7	NNE 8	NNE 8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NE 8	NE 8	NE 4	—
kJ	16	22	93	45	43	67	44	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	95	115	7	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Puro Pinget West Luzon	Nam O Point Da Nang	Cue Dai Beach Da Nang	Dark Reef Khánh Hoà	Dark Reef Khánh Hoà	Dark Reef Khánh Hoà	Cue Dai Beach Da Nang	Virac Harbour Catanduanes	Mona Liza Point West Luzon	Dark Reef Khánh Hoà	Dark Reef Khánh Hoà	Dark Reef Khánh Hoà	Dark Reef Khánh Hoà	Dark Reef Khánh Hoà	Cobra Reef - Cemento West Luzon	Cobra Reef - Cemento West Luzon	Nexus West End Borneo	Nam O Point Da Nang	Dark Reef Khánh Hoà
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1
Distance (km)	1346	455	425	0	0	0	425	1635	1296	0	0	0	0	0	1395	1395	1012	455	0
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Rating (10 max)				1	1	1				1	1	1	1	1					1
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Rating (10 max)		1	1	1	1	1	1			1	1	1	1	1				2	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	5	5	5	8	8	8	7	5	4

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