Dark Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 12.16° N 109.20° E

Issued: 6 pm 22 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Dark Reef sea temperature is

29.5°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 (23 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 13s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 13s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Dark Reef at 2AM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+07) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (23 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	13s
Afternoon (23 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	13s
Evening (23 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	12s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 73mm), heaviest during Wed morning. Warm (max 27°C on Tue afternoon, min 24°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tue 22			Wednesday 23								Thursday 24
	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	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 15	ENE 15	ENE 15	NE 14	ENE 14	ENE 14	ENE 13	ENE 13	ENE 13	ENE 13	ENE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11
Wave Graph
kJ	88	87	84	99	133	131	120	114	113	109	103	72	71	69	68	64	60	59	58
Wind (km/h)	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW	WSW	NNE	N	NNW	NW	WSW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-off	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide						5:49AM1.33m									7:05AM1.33m
Low Tide									3:03PM0.30m								3:30PM0.34m


	—	—	—	—	5:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:31	—	—	—	—	—	—
	5:38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:37	—	—
mm	2	6	5	2	1	2	8	5	1	2	1	1	6	8	5	4	2	—	2
Temp °C	27	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	25	25	25	24
Feels °C	30	30	29	29	29	30	31	30	30	30	30	30	29	28	28	29	29	29	28
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 15	ENE 15	ENE 15	NNE 6	ENE 14	NNE 5	ENE 13	ENE 13	ENE 13	ENE 13	NE 5	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11
kJ	88	87	84	39	133	26	120	114	113	109	13	72	71	69	68	64	60	59	58
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	SW 5	S 6	NE 14	S 6	ENE 14	S 6	S 6	S 6	NNE 5	ENE 12	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 5	NE 5	NNE 5
kJ	1	1	1	99	3	131	3	2	2	16	103	13	13	10	8	8	5	4	2
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	S 6	—	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 5	S 5	SSE 6	S 6	S 5	—	—	—	SE 5	SE 5	E 5
kJ	—	—	—	1	—	3	6	6	5	4	6	6	5	—	—	—	1	1	1
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 6	NNE 5	NNE 6	N 4	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	—	—	—	—	S 5	S 4	S 4	S 4	S 4	S 6
kJ	73	66	47	39	27	24	23	22	15	—	—	—	—	13	12	14	18	20	38
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	1282	455	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	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	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	9	9	8	7	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	5	8	5	9	5	5	5	4

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