Frenchmans Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.10° S 151.66° E

Issued: 4 pm 10 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Frenchmans Reef sea temperature is

20.9°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 (11 Nov):

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

The current surf forecast for Frenchmans Reef at 12AM is: 1.7m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

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

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 23°C on Wed afternoon, min 15°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tue 10				Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Fri 13
	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	0	2	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	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	S 5	SSE 6	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	1102	990	757	637	500	439	368	276	237	182	135	129	262	129	186	173	139	149	83	90	60	66
Wind (km/h)	E	ENE	NE	NE	N	WNW	WNW	E	E	NE	N	WSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	off	cross-off	glassy	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	glassy	cross	cross-off
High Tide				10:07PM1.08m				10:13AM1.52m				10:49PM1.02m				10:50AM1.48m					11:31PM0.97m
Low Tide		4:16PM0.21m				3:41AM0.34m				4:59PM0.23m				4:17AM0.39m					5:42PM0.25m			4:54AM0.45m


	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45
	—	7:27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:29	—	—	—	7:30
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	19	18	18	16	15	17	22	23	20	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17
Feels °C	16	14	14	17	16	14	16	21	20	18	15	18	16	17	18	17	17	17	18	19	19	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SE 10	SSE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	NE 5	NE 5	SE 11	SE 8	SE 8	SE 10	SSE 7	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6
kJ	1102	990	757	637	500	439	368	276	237	182	135	129	10	7	31	50	31	24	83	90	60	66
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 11	ENE 11	S 12	S 12	S 12	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	S 10	S 10	S 10	NE 5	E 10	ESE 12	NE 6	SE 11	SE 10	NE 8	S 6	SE 9	SE 9	ESE 9
kJ	12	12	11	11	11	17	11	6	8	17	7	31	8	13	5	29	25	9	27	21	21	8
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	S 13	ENE 11	E 10	E 10	S 12	S 11	S 10	E 11	E 10	E 10	S 10	SE 12	E 10	E 10	NE 6	NE 7	E 10	SE 10	NE 8	E 9	E 8
kJ	9	13	11	8	8	25	20	18	9	9	8	7	6	8	8	5	8	7	23	10	6	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	ENE 3	ENE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NNE 5	—	—	NE 5	ENE 4	ENE 5	—	SSE 8	S 5	SSE 6	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	7	29	32	25	27	—	—	6	45	39	—	262	129	186	173	139	149	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	452	202	113	32	2	0	0	0	203	20	20	0	74	13	110	22	22	130	14	0	13	0
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	9	9	9	9	8

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