Dark Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 12.16° N 109.20° E

Issued: 6 pm 18 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Dark Reef sea temperature is

28.9°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 (19 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (19 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Dark Reef at 2AM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+07) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	8s
Afternoon (19 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	6s
Evening (19 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Sun night. Warm (max 29°C on Mon morning, min 25°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sun 18			Monday 19								Tuesday 20
	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	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	72	72	72	111	96	110	121	61	61	61	90	132	95	107	86	96	96	101	107
Wind (km/h)	NNE	N	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	N	NNE	NE	N	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	NE	NE	NE	N	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off
High Tide				00:45AM1.38m									1:34AM1.32m
Low Tide								11:32AM0.34m								12:29PM0.37m


	—	—	—	—	5:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:33	—	—	—	—	—	—
	5:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:22	—	—
mm	1	2	3	1	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	1
Temp °C	28	27	26	25	25	25	27	29	27	26	26	25	25	26	28	28	27	27	26
Feels °C	30	30	29	28	28	28	30	31	29	29	30	28	28	29	31	29	29	31	30
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	NE 8	E 5	SE 5	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	NE 9	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8
kJ	72	72	72	111	96	1	1	34	34	35	27	132	95	107	86	96	96	101	107
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 13	—	—	E 13	E 13	E 13	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	ESE 5	ESE 6	E 6	E 5	E 5
kJ	3	—	—	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	12	11	11	10	5	4	3	2	2
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	E 6	—	E 13	—	—	—	SE 5	—	E 12	NE 12	—	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 5
kJ	—	—	—	—	1	—	3	—	—	—	1	—	3	6	—	1	3	3	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 3	NNE 4	NNE 4	N 4	N 4	NE 8	NE 7	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 7	N 4	N 4	N 4	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	6	10	11	10	14	110	121	61	61	61	90	13	10	10	—	—	—	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Cape Pakarang Right Andaman Sea	Cue Dai Beach Da Nang	Dark Reef Khánh Hoà	Dark Reef Khánh Hoà	Dark Reef Khánh Hoà	Dark Reef Khánh Hoà	Hon Chong Beach Break Khánh Hoà	Virac Harbour Catanduanes	Binh An Da Nang	Nam O Point Da Nang	Dark Reef Khánh Hoà	Dark Reef Khánh Hoà	Dark Reef Khánh Hoà	Dark Reef Khánh Hoà	Mui Ne Binh Thuan	Cobra Reef - Cemento West Luzon	Cape Pakarang Left Andaman Sea	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	1	4	1	1	1
Distance (km)	1260	425	0	0	0	0	13	1635	477	455	0	0	0	0	169	1395	1260	455	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Khánh Hoà			Dark Reef	Dark Reef	Dark Reef	Dark Reef	Hon Chong Beach Break				Dark Reef	Dark Reef	Dark Reef	Dark Reef					Dark Reef
Rating (10 max)			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
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	7	4	6	5	5	4	5	5	6	7	6	5	8	5	5	6

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