Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.10° S 151.66° E

Frenchmans Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 29 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Frenchmans Reef sea temperature is
21.3°C
1.8° 

Frenchmans Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Frenchmans Reef today (29 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 11s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 11s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Frenchmans Reef at 10AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (29 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (29 Oct)6ft (1.9m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 23°C on Sat afternoon, min 15°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
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
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
0
0
2
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SE
7
1
S
7
1.1
S
10
1.5
S
11
1.7
S
11
1.7
S
11
1.9
S
12
2
S
11
1.8
S
10
1.6
S
10
1.4
S
10
1.3
S
10
1.3
S
10
1.3
S
13
1.2
S
13
1.2
S
13
1.1
S
13
1
S
12
1
S
12
0.9
S
11
0.8
S
11
0.7
S
11
0.7
S
11
0.9
ENE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
40
97
244
496
661
663
955
969
676
502
384
325
327
543
477
507
407
301
278
206
149
110
108
73
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
10
NW
10
W
10
SSE
20
SSE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
5
ESE
0
NE
10
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
N
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NW
20
NNW
Wind State
off
cross-off
off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
glassy
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:56AM1.60m
11:42PM1.07m
11:46AM1.55m
00:41AM1.01m
12:42PM1.49m
Low Tide
4:24AM0.33m
5:46PM0.18m
5:12AM0.39m
6:45PM0.22m
6:07AM0.46m
7:48PM0.26m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
15
14
15
18
19
18
18
17
17
16
16
18
19
19
18
17
16
15
17
20
23
23
20
20
Feels °C
14
11
12
15
16
15
16
16
16
16
16
17
16
15
13
13
13
13
15
18
20
20
16
18
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