Frenchmans Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.10° S 151.66° E

Issued: 10 pm 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

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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):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Nov, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 9s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 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 5AM is: 2.2m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	6ft (1.9m)	9s
Afternoon (06 Nov)	5ft (1.5m)	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 6mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 25°C on Sat afternoon, min 11°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, strong winds from the SSW by Sun afternoon).
	Thu 5		Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	2	!	!	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	!	!	!
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	E 9	SE 7	S 6	S 8	S 9	S 9
Wave Graph
kJ	399	507	823	788	637	509	375	270	190	153	96	91	71	49	41	54	350	747	1494	1367
Wind (km/h)	S	S	SW	WSW	WSW	SE	E	ENE	NE	NNE	NNW	W	WNW	N	ESE	SSE	S	S	SSW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	off	cross-off	glassy	on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	6:19PM1.28m				6:58AM1.35m				7:12PM1.26m				7:39AM1.44m				7:59PM1.23m
Low Tide			00:32AM0.29m				1:07PM0.35m				1:13AM0.28m				1:59PM0.28m				1:51AM0.28m


	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:23	—	—	—	7:24
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—
Temp °C	18	17	16	14	15	17	19	19	18	17	15	15	18	24	25	21	17	15	14	11
Feels °C	13	13	13	12	14	16	15	14	14	15	14	14	16	23	22	16	12	8	7	4
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	ENE 9
kJ	39	40	823	788	637	509	375	270	190	153	96	91	71	49	36	41	42	43	44	29
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	E 15	E 9	E 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 14	E 14	ENE 8	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 5	NE 6	E 9	NE 6	NE 6	S 18	S 18	S 17
kJ	2	4	40	39	25	25	25	4	4	24	26	20	19	16	41	6	5	6	6	6
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	E 14	E 14	—	—	E 14	ENE 8	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 13	S 15	S 18	—	S 17	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	—	—	4	24	25	26	26	3	5	7	—	6	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 8	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 9	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	—	—	—	ENE 6	SE 7	S 6	S 8	S 9	S 9
kJ	399	507	—	—	—	—	—	101	40	41	53	—	—	—	24	54	350	747	1494	1367
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	4	3	3	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	4
Distance (km)	14	14	0	0	0	14	439	58	113	20	0	0	0	0	52	316	187	237	69	69
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Rating (10 max)	2	3	4	3	3	3		1		2	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	2	3	4	3	3	3	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	3	3	2	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	6	8	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	9	9	8	7	6	6	5

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