JD Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.27° S 151.57° E

JD Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's JD Reef sea temperature is
17.9°C
0.5° 

JD 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 JD 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 JD Reef at 8AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.8m 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) & DateWave HeightWave 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 JD Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 23°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)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
S
10
0.9
S
10
0.9
S
10
0.9
S
10
0.9
S
11
0.9
S
11
1.6
NE
6
0.8
S
10
0.8
S
10
0.8
S
12
0.7
S
12
0.7
S
12
0.7
S
11
0.6
S
11
1.3
NE
6
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.9
ENE
6
0.8
ENE
6
0.4
S
10
0.7
ENE
7
0.6
ENE
7
0.6
ENE
6
0.2
E
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
198
158
158
164
184
184
165
136
136
178
132
129
118
82
101
54
50
69
49
30
38
29
28
15
Wind (km/h)
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NE
25
ENE
35
NE
35
NNE
20
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
10
NW
10
NW
5
S
20
SE
20
SSE
25
S
40
S
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
9:21AM1.49m
9:34PM1.38m
9:57AM1.49m
10:13PM1.25m
10:34AM1.46m
Low Tide
3:07AM0.11m
3:31PM0.19m
3:39AM0.19m
4:15PM0.24m
4:10AM0.28m
5:01PM0.31m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:56
5:54
5:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:43
5:44
5:44
 mm
1
Temp °C
15
14
13
16
19
18
18
17
16
16
16
21
23
20
21
22
20
18
20
23
18
17
16
14
Feels °C
12
13
12
14
14
12
12
13
13
14
13
18
19
16
18
19
17
16
17
21
14
15
12
7
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