Long Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.74° S 151.32° E

Issued: 10 am 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Long Reef sea temperature is

20.6°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 (04 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Reef at 4PM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	7s
Afternoon (04 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	6s
Evening (04 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Wed afternoon, min 14°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 4						Thursday 5								Friday 6								Sat 7
	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)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 8	E 7	ENE 8	ENE 8	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8
Wave Graph
kJ	68	59	53	51	53	42	44	24	26	27	330	545	675	1090	899	651	493	360	331	239	191	127	95	72
Wind (km/h)	SSW	S	E	ENE	NE	N	WSW	WSW	SW	S	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSW	W	WNW	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	N	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	off	off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	off
High Tide	5:27AM1.20m				5:20PM1.32m				6:14AM1.31m				6:16PM1.28m				6:55AM1.41m				7:06PM1.24m
Low Tide			11:16AM0.45m				11:50PM0.20m				12:18PM0.38m				00:31AM0.21m				1:10PM0.30m				1:07AM0.23m


	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	—	—	7:23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:25	—	—	—	7:27
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	20	21	20	19	18	19	17	18	19	18	18	17	17	16	14	15	18	19	19	18	18	17	15
Feels °C	17	19	20	18	19	18	17	14	13	13	13	13	12	14	13	12	13	16	15	14	14	15	17	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	ENE 6	ENE 6	S 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	NE 5	NE 6
kJ	68	59	53	21	53	42	44	24	26	27	36	38	24	39	899	651	493	360	331	239	191	127	52	44
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 9	S 6	S 8	S 5	S 5	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 15	E 15	E 9	—	E 9	E 9	E 9	ENE 9	E 14	E 14	ENE 9	ENE 8	S 8	S 8
kJ	2	2	30	1	14	8	23	23	16	9	4	4	6	—	40	40	39	25	4	4	25	24	95	72
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 15	S 14	S 9	S 13	S 8	E 7	NNE 8	S 5	NNE 7	NE 7	E 15	E 15	—	—	—	—	E 15	E 14	NE 7	—	E 14	E 14	ENE 8	ENE 9
kJ	4	4	2	3	1	9	6	7	5	2	4	4	—	—	—	—	4	4	2	—	4	4	24	25
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	S 6	—	ENE 6	—	NE 7	SSW 5	WSW 3	SSW 4	S 6	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 9	—	—	—	—	ENE 9	ENE 9	NE 4	NE 5	NNE 5	—
kJ	74	50	—	51	—	42	14	3	37	89	330	545	675	1090	—	—	—	—	25	84	29	49	72	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	2	1	93	123	0	0	0	1	6	158	512	609	191	2	0	0	0	22	518	22	35	23	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1			1	1	1	1	1					4	3	3	3						2	1
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