Frenchmans Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.10° S 151.66° E

Issued: 3 am 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Frenchmans Reef sea temperature is

18.1°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 (13 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Frenchmans Reef at 11AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Afternoon (13 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	11s
Evening (13 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 24°C on Mon morning, min 11°C on Tue night). Mainly strong winds.
	Sunday 13								Monday 14								Tuesday 15
	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 11	S 11	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 6	NE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	198	158	158	164	184	184	165	147	170	178	132	129	118	82	101	109	136	69	49	42	38	29	28	20
Wind (km/h)	NNE	N	NNW	NNE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	N	NE	NE	NNE	N	N	NNW	NW	WNW	SE	SE	S	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross
High Tide				9:32AM1.37m				9:49PM1.29m					10:11AM1.36m				10:29PM1.16m				10:50AM1.32m
Low Tide		3:22AM0.10m				3:45PM0.14m				3:57AM0.16m					4:31PM0.19m				4:31AM0.22m				5:19PM0.26m


	—	5:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:44	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	13	13	17	20	20	18	17	16	15	16	21	24	21	21	21	19	18	19	24	19	18	17	14
Feels °C	12	11	11	15	16	14	13	13	13	12	13	18	20	17	18	18	16	15	16	22	15	17	14	7
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 6	NE 6
kJ	198	158	158	164	184	184	138	136	109	67	46	129	118	82	81	54	88	69	49	42	38	29	28	20
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 20	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 5	S 16	S 15	ENE 13	ENE 13	S 10	S 12	S 12	NE 6	ENE 13	ENE 12	E 12	ENE 12	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 4	S 4	E 14
kJ	198	28	23	15	47	41	17	17	136	178	132	33	16	15	12	15	50	30	30	30	16	7	9	15
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 13	SSE 19	S 18	S 17	ENE 13	ENE 13	ENE 13	S 18	ENE 13	ENE 13	ENE 13	ENE 13	S 19	—	S 15	S 15	E 12	E 12	E 12	NE 13	E 13	S 9	S 9	E 9
kJ	16	123	102	53	17	17	17	6	17	17	17	17	7	—	5	4	12	12	12	6	13	15	14	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	—	—	—	SSE 3	—	—	S 4
kJ	37	43	26	22	22	80	165	147	170	139	67	66	32	80	101	109	136	—	—	—	2	—	—	35
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	20	2	0	9	58	264	131	58	2	0	0	2	70	58	52	2	2	0	0	0	733	198	118	130
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1			2	2	2	2	2		1	1	2	2	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	8	5	5	5	5	5

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