Long Reef surf break

Long Reef surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 01 Apr 2026 AEDT
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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
22.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Long Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Long Reef at 11PM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)--
Afternoon (01 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.9
ENE
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)1514141312511117777556676666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)165144917971453938596679883845486050100120130112927256
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
N
5
NNW
10
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
SW
25
S
30
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:01PM
1.43
9:14AM
1.36
9:33PM
1.47
9:51AM
1.29
10:05PM
1.49
10:28AM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:48PM
0.16
3:10AM
0.20
3:18PM
0.19
3:50AM
0.19
3:47PM
0.24
4:30AM
0.20
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise------7:05-------7:07-------7:07-
Sunset-6:51-------6:49-------6:47------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C222221212019192122222121201918212121202020202020
Feels °C (?)202019212120202121212021212018191818181818191918
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