Frenchmans Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.10° S 151.66° E

Issued: 3 am 14 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Frenchmans Reef sea temperature is

18.0°C

Frenchmans 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 Frenchmans Reef today (14 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 12s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Frenchmans Reef at 7AM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	12s
Afternoon (14 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	11s
Evening (14 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 24°C on Mon morning, min 10°C on Wed night). Mainly strong winds.
	Monday 14								Tuesday 15								Wednesday 16
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	!	!	!	!	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 7	SSE 10	ENE 6	S 4	S 6	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10
Wave Graph
kJ	138	178	132	132	118	82	90	86	136	71	61	46	60	37	21	222	707	1455	1884	2168	2178	2402	2721	2783
Wind (km/h)	N	N	N	N	NE	NE	NNE	N	N	NNW	NW	WNW	SE	SSE	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide					10:11AM1.36m				10:29PM1.16m				10:50AM1.32m				11:09PM1.03m				11:31AM1.26m
Low Tide		3:57AM0.16m					4:31PM0.19m				4:31AM0.22m				5:19PM0.26m				5:05AM0.30m				6:09PM0.33m


	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:44	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	15	15	21	24	23	21	21	19	18	19	24	19	18	16	14	13	13	12	13	13	13	14	14
Feels °C	12	12	12	18	20	18	17	18	16	15	16	22	15	16	13	7	6	6	3	5	5	4	5	6
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	NE 6	NE 6	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	NE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 14	NE 12	ENE 13	ENE 13	NE 13
kJ	138	73	49	132	118	82	81	55	75	71	61	46	36	37	21	11	7	7	2	20	6	16	17	7
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 13	S 12	S 12	NE 6	ENE 13	ENE 12	ENE 12	E 12	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	E 13	S 9	E 4	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	ENE 14	E 15	—	—	—
kJ	17	178	132	33	16	15	15	12	50	30	30	30	13	15	1	15	15	4	4	20	4	—	—	—
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 18	ENE 13	ENE 13	ENE 13	S 16	—	E 16	S 15	ENE 12	E 12	E 12	E 13	ENE 13	E 13	E 14	—	S 16	S 16	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	6	17	17	17	5	—	5	4	15	12	3	3	16	14	15	—	5	5	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	—	—	—	SSE 10	S 4	S 4	S 6	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10
kJ	120	116	72	52	33	56	90	86	136	—	—	—	60	6	19	222	707	1455	1884	2168	2178	2402	2721	2783
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	3	1	1	1	2	4
Distance (km)	20	2	2	2	131	113	58	20	11	0	0	0	64	733	130	130	190	190	148	760	809	809	466	270
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2			1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	6	2	2	1	6	4	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	6	6	5	5	6	5	6	6	8	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	6	6	4	5	5	5

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