Frenchmans Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.10° S 151.66° E

Issued: 4 am 10 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Frenchmans Reef sea temperature is

21.3°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 (10 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Nov, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 11s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Nov, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 11s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Nov, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Frenchmans Reef at 11AM is: 2.3m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Nov)	8ft (2.4m)	11s
Afternoon (10 Nov)	7ft (2.2m)	11s
Evening (10 Nov)	6ft (1.8m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 23°C on Wed morning, min 13°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ENE on Tue afternoon, calm by Wed morning).
	Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Fri 13
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	!	!	!	!	0	0	0	2	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SE 10	SSE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 6	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	1647	1539	1384	1192	1102	1047	757	637	532	439	368	276	237	182	132	129	123	88	250	187	176	134	72	85	73	83
Wind (km/h)	WSW	W	NW	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	W	WNW	NW	SSE	ESE	ENE	N	SSW	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	ESE	SE	ESE	ENE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	off	off	cross-off	glassy	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	on	on
High Tide				9:35AM1.55m				10:07PM1.08m				10:13AM1.52m				10:49PM1.02m				10:50AM1.48m					11:31PM0.97m
Low Tide		3:05AM0.31m				4:16PM0.21m				3:41AM0.34m				4:59PM0.23m				4:17AM0.39m					5:42PM0.25m			4:54AM0.45m


	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45
	—	—	—	—	—	7:27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:29	—	—	—	7:30
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	12	13	18	19	19	18	18	16	16	17	23	22	19	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Feels °C	12	10	12	16	14	14	14	18	16	16	17	24	20	17	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	19	20	20
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SE 10	SSE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	NE 6	NE 6	NE 8	SSE 8	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7
kJ	1647	1539	1384	1192	1102	1047	757	637	532	439	368	276	237	182	132	129	123	88	12	14	20	24	72	85	73	83
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	S 13	S 12	S 12	S 12	ENE 5	NE 5	NE 5	S 10	S 10	S 10	NE 5	ENE 4	NE 5	SE 11	SE 11	SE 10	NE 8	SSE 8	SE 9	SE 9	ESE 9
kJ	9	9	11	12	12	13	11	11	11	14	11	6	8	17	8	37	18	7	31	29	25	21	39	21	21	8
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 11	NE 12	NE 12	S 13	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 12	S 11	S 10	E 11	E 10	E 10	S 10	S 9	ESE 12	E 10	E 10	E 10	SE 10	SE 10	NE 7	NE 7	E 9
kJ	5	5	5	3	9	9	9	8	8	25	20	18	9	9	8	7	6	13	8	8	7	24	23	8	8	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 11	ENE 4	ENE 4	NE 5	NE 5	—	—	NE 5	ENE 4	NE 5	—	—	SSE 4	SSE 8	S 6	S 6	SSE 6	SE 6	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	12	37	35	22	23	—	—	7	29	49	—	—	17	250	187	176	134	52	—	—	—
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