Long Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.74° S 151.32° E

Issued: 4 pm 02 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Long Reef sea temperature is

20.5°C

Long 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 Long Reef today (02 Nov):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 5s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Reef at 10PM is: 1.3m 5s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (02 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	7s
Evening (02 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 19mm), heaviest on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Mon afternoon, min 17°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, fresh winds from the S by Thu morning).
	Mon 2				Tuesday 3								Wednesday 4								Thu 5
	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)	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	S 9	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	NE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	75	42	74	94	132	111	75	72	96	118	136	202	140	132	120	102	94	72	57	59	43	29
Wind (km/h)	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	NNW	NNW	NNW	NE	ENE	ENE	N	SW	SW	SW	SSW	S	SE	ESE	E	N	WSW	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	cross	cross-off	off
High Tide		3:06PM1.41m				4:30AM1.10m				4:16PM1.36m					5:27AM1.20m				5:20PM1.32m
Low Tide				10:07PM0.20m				10:03AM0.51m					11:03PM0.20m				11:16AM0.45m				11:50PM0.20m


	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50
	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:23	—	—	—	7:24
mm	—	—	—	—	2	—	1	1	4	4	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	1
Temp °C	21	19	19	19	18	18	18	21	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	20	21	20	18	18	19	17
Feels °C	18	16	16	18	18	19	18	21	20	17	20	17	16	15	16	18	19	19	19	18	16	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	S 5
kJ	29	42	40	39	98	80	75	12	12	5	5	140	140	132	120	102	94	72	57	59	43	27
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	S 6	—	—	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 16	S 15	S 14	S 8	S 8	SE 13	S 15	S 10	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	E 7
kJ	6	6	—	—	24	24	14	2	5	17	15	5	5	7	4	2	58	46	33	23	15	23
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	E 13	—	—	—	S 14	S 17	E 10	S 13	SE 13	SE 13	S 13	S 12	SE 13	SE 13	S 14	S 10	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8
kJ	3	3	—	—	—	4	6	2	4	7	7	13	11	7	6	4	2	11	25	24	30	29
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	—	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	—	SSW 4	S 6	S 6	SSW 6	—	—	—	—	WSW 3
kJ	75	42	74	94	132	111	—	72	96	118	136	202	—	19	123	85	80	—	—	—	—	4
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	656	609	175	23	0	0	0	23	79	84	0	0	1	1	1	6	84	57	0	0	1	0
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