JD Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.27° S 151.57° E

Issued: 4 am 16 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's JD Reef sea temperature is

21.4°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 (16 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Nov, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 7s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for JD Reef at 9AM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 16). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Nov)	5ft (1.5m)	6s
Afternoon (16 Nov)	5ft (1.6m)	6s
Evening (16 Nov)	5.5ft (1.7m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed afternoon, min 16°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Mon afternoon, calm by Tue night).
	Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18								Thu 19
	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	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 12	S 11
Wave Graph
kJ	134	134	139	160	160	237	319	198	164	220	210	169	132	129	97	72	54	58	84	206	246	148	325	289	229	114
Wind (km/h)	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSE	SE	E	ENE	NE	ENE	SE	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	glassy	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on
High Tide	1:48AM0.94m				1:23PM1.30m					2:52AM0.97m				2:19PM1.25m				3:52AM1.04m				3:19PM1.21m				4:45AM1.15m
Low Tide			6:52AM0.61m					8:31PM0.36m			8:00AM0.65m					9:21PM0.34m				9:16AM0.64m				10:09PM0.31m


	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41
	—	—	—	—	—	7:32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:35	—	—	—	7:36
mm	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	18	18
Feels °C	16	14	13	15	13	11	13	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	17	16	17	16	17	16	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 13	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 12	S 11
kJ	82	79	54	45	48	48	48	198	164	220	210	169	132	129	97	72	54	52	37	206	246	148	325	289	229	114
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NNE 8	E 10	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 6	E 7	E 7	S 13	E 6	E 10	S 9	N 10	E 9	E 10	S 15
kJ	2	10	11	11	10	10	6	31	32	31	21	20	31	31	31	22	21	22	84	18	49	38	2	42	44	74
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 18	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 15	S 15	S 15	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 10	ENE 6	E 10	NE 11	E 10	E 10	S 14	E 7	E 10	NE 10	E 10	N 10	NE 10	NE 11	E 8
kJ	6	6	6	6	5	18	17	9	15	15	15	31	8	30	5	30	17	58	21	31	4	46	2	4	4	11
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7	ESE 5	—	—	—	—	E 5	E 5	E 6	—	—	—	—	—	E 5	E 5	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 5	ENE 5
kJ	134	134	139	160	160	237	319	39	—	—	—	—	13	19	29	—	—	—	—	—	9	19	24	34	54	69
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	1	1	142	142	142	355	169	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	72	4	1	0	1	37	37	37	37	37	37	37
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Rating (10 max)	2	2						2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
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