Long Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

Long Reef surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 02 Jan 2026 AEDT

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

Long Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Long Reef sea temperature is 21.5° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Long Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Long Reef at 8AM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Jan)	3.5ft (1.1m)	11s
Afternoon (02 Jan)	3.5ft (1.0m)	11s
Evening (02 Jan)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s

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

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	Friday 02								Saturday 03								Sunday 04
	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
Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	399	385	340	265	218	200	120	154	123	117	115	126	91	91	72	74	80	100	100	68	65	182	295	311
Wind (km/h)	SE	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	NW	NE	NE	NE	ENE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			7:48AM 1.76					8:38PM 1.11				8:39AM 1.82				9:31PM 1.12				9:29AM 1.83				10:22PM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)	1:10AM 0.27					2:41PM 0.02				2:04AM 0.26				3:33PM -0.04				2:56AM 0.25				4:22PM -0.05

	Friday 02								Saturday 03								Sunday 04
Sunrise	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	18	19	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	20	23	24	23	22	21
Feels °C (?)	16	16	17	17	17	16	17	18	18	19	18	19	18	18	18	19	20	20	22	23	23	19	24	21

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