Golf Course Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.33° S 150.49° E

Golf Course Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 18 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Golf Course Reef sea temperature is
16.8° C
0.2° 

Golf Course 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 Golf Course Reef today (18 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 14s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Golf Course Reef at 7AM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Afternoon (18 Aug)1ft (0.3m)14s
Evening (18 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Thu morning, min 13°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
ESE
6
0.5
S
10
0.8
ESE
6
0.8
ESE
6
0.7
ESE
6
0.3
ESE
14
0.4
ESE
13
0.4
ESE
12
0.5
E
12
0.5
E
11
0.5
ESE
11
0.5
E
10
0.9
E
6
1.4
ENE
5
1.3
ENE
6
1.4
NE
6
1.1
NE
6
0.9
NE
6
0.6
ENE
6
0.6
ENE
6
0.5
NE
6
0.5
NE
6
0.3
ESE
7
0.5
ENE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
39
50
42
42
37
36
56
50
67
64
64
54
53
94
108
110
80
52
26
22
16
15
9
20
Wind (km/h)
5
SE
5
WNW
5
W
0
NE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
NNE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
15
NW
25
WNW
Wind State
glassy
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:35PM1.38m
12:20PM1.47m
00:23AM1.24m
1:08PM1.47m
1:19AM1.13m
1:59PM1.47m
Low Tide
5:50AM0.39m
6:37PM0.57m
6:28AM0.48m
7:40PM0.60m
7:10AM0.56m
8:49PM0.60m
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6:35
6:35
6:33
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5:27
5:28
5:29
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
14
14
13
14
16
16
15
14
14
13
13
15
19
17
16
17
16
16
16
20
20
20
18
17
Feels °C
13
13
12
14
13
12
13
12
12
11
11
12
14
14
14
15
14
14
14
17
16
18
15
12
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