JD Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.27° S 151.57° E

Issued: 9 pm 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's JD Reef sea temperature is

18.4° C

JD 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 JD Reef today (17 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for JD Reef at 5AM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	7s
Afternoon (17 Jul)	3.5ft (1.0m)	6s
Evening (17 Jul)	3.5ft (1.0m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Thu night. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri afternoon, min 15°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thu 16		Friday 17								Saturday 18
	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)	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 7	ESE 7	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 8	E 8	E 8
Wave Graph
kJ	346	256	183	121	92	78	81	84	84	89	111	123	140	176	183	232	294	356
Wind (km/h)	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	SSE	S	SE	SE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		9:42PM1.79m					10:32AM1.23m				10:29PM1.67m				11:20AM1.25m
Low Tide					4:28AM-0.02m				4:07PM0.28m				5:10AM0.04m				5:01PM0.35m


	—	—	—	6:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:54	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:05	—	—
mm	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	17	16	16	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17
Feels °C	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	13	12	12	12	13	12	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 7	E 6	E 6	S 6	E 6	S 6	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 9
kJ	346	256	183	121	92	78	81	26	84	17	55	54	52	49	47	46	45	42
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 18	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	S 7	S 6	S 8	S 6	S 8	S 5	S 21	S 21	S 21	S 20	S 20	S 20	SSE 19
kJ	24	12	12	21	20	72	52	21	26	21	14	35	35	35	32	31	68	72
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	S 18	S 18	S 12	S 18	S 16	S 16	S 11	S 8	S 11	S 21	—	—	—	S 18	S 15	S 18	SE 18
kJ	5	25	25	24	56	21	20	21	21	22	9	—	—	—	6	4	6	13
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	—	—	E 6	—	E 7	ESE 7	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 8	E 8	E 8
kJ	50	52	48	64	62	—	—	84	—	89	111	123	140	176	183	232	294	356
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	46	46	46	46	136	53
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	8	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	6	7	7	6	9	7	9	9	7

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