Frenchmans Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.10° S 151.66° E

Issued: 4 pm 06 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Frenchmans Reef sea temperature is

21.4°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 (06 Nov):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 8s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Frenchmans Reef at 11PM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (06 Nov)	5ft (1.6m)	8s
Evening (06 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 25°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Sun morning).
	Fri 6				Saturday 7								Sunday 8								Mon 9
	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	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	!	!	!	!	!	!	0	!	!	!
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	ENE 9	E 9	S 6	S 7	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9
Wave Graph
kJ	384	338	187	153	118	73	71	49	82	40	328	730	1461	1628	1468	1664	1626	1731	1567	1380	1288	1080
Wind (km/h)	E	ENE	NE	NNE	NNW	W	WNW	NE	E	SE	S	S	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	S	SSW	S	S	SSW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	off	cross-off	glassy	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			7:12PM1.26m				7:39AM1.44m				7:59PM1.23m					8:19AM1.51m				8:43PM1.19m
Low Tide	1:07PM0.35m				1:13AM0.28m				1:59PM0.28m				1:51AM0.28m					2:47PM0.24m				2:28AM0.29m


	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—	—	—	7:25
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	1	—	—	1	2	1	—	—	—	1
Temp °C	19	19	18	17	16	15	17	24	25	21	17	15	13	12	12	14	14	15	16	15	14	12
Feels °C	16	15	14	15	16	14	16	23	22	19	12	8	6	5	4	5	6	7	8	8	8	7
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	S 7	ENE 9	E 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	E 10
kJ	384	338	187	153	118	73	71	49	36	23	47	43	29	29	29	30	30	38	39	38	37	34
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 9	E 14	SE 5	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	S 16	E 9	S 14	S 18	S 18	S 17	S 17	—	—	NE 13	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12
kJ	25	4	5	24	24	28	25	18	5	40	4	6	6	6	6	—	—	6	6	6	6	6
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 14	—	E 14	E 14	E 14	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 13	NE 6	S 18	S 18	S 17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	4	—	4	4	4	25	26	26	4	10	6	24	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	ENE 9	ENE 4	NE 5	NE 5	—	—	—	ENE 9	E 4	S 6	S 7	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9
kJ	—	25	28	41	37	—	—	—	82	7	328	730	1461	1628	1468	1664	1626	1731	1567	1380	1288	1080
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Snapper Point NSW - North Coast	Box Head NSW - Newcastle	Voodoo NSW - Sydney South Coast	Birdie Beach NSW - Newcastle	Caves Point NSW - Newcastle	Caves Point NSW - Newcastle	Caves Point NSW - Newcastle	Caves Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Lighthouse Beach Port Macquarie NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Sandon Point NSW - Illawarra	Tuncurry-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Turners Beach NSW - North Coast	National Park QLD - Sunshine Coast	National Park QLD - Sunshine Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	JD Reef NSW - Newcastle	Leggy Point NSW - Newcastle
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	3	2	1	1	4	4	4	3
Distance (km)	472	58	113	13	0	0	0	0	52	216	148	263	157	130	263	439	760	760	148	148	21	13
Best forecast wave conditions in Newcastle		Box Head		Forresters	Forresters	Forresters	Crackneck	Box Beach	Anna Bay-Morna Point												JD Reef	Leggy Point
Rating (10 max)		1		1	1	1	1	1	1												4	3
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia	Surfers Point WA - Margaret River	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Surfers Point WA - Margaret River	Surfers Point WA - Margaret River	Surfers Point WA - Margaret River	Surfers Point WA - Margaret River	Margaret River Bommie WA - Margaret River	The Quarries WA - Margaret River	Daly Heads SA - Yorke Peninsula	Kingston Norfolk Island	Guillotines NSW - South Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Cat Bay (Shelly Beach) VIC - Phillip Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	JD Reef NSW - Newcastle	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast
Rating (10 max)	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	1	3	2	3	5	5	5	2	3	3	4	4	4	4
Header Global	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Fullers United States	Haga-Haga South Africa	Brak River South Africa	Brak River South Africa	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Gerickes Point South Africa	Gerickes Point South Africa	Barbel Point South Africa	Barbel Point South Africa	Back Beach New Zealand	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) New Zealand	Little River State Beach United States	Amanzimtoti South Africa
Rating (10 max)	8	8	7	6	7	5	5	5	5	9	8	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	4

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Latest Updates

Ben Mondy

British Norms Batten Down the Hatches, Surfers Wax Up the Guns as Storm Austen Approaches.

storm austen

Ben Mondy

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Frenchmans Reef surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.

Frenchmans Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

How big are the waves at Frenchmans Reef today (06 Nov):

Short Range Forecast

Latest Updates

British Norms Batten Down the Hatches, Surfers Wax Up the Guns as Storm Austen Approaches.

Surf-Forecast Now Has Webcams

Road Testing the new Db Surf Roller Pro

Summer's Short. Life Is Long.

Roadsurfing in the Basque country

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website