Long Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.74° S 151.32° E

Long Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 11 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Reef sea temperature is
17.1° C
0.9° 

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


How big are the waves at Long Reef today (11 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 11s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Aug, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 11s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Reef at 4PM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am August 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Aug)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (11 Aug)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (11 Aug)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Tue afternoon, min 11°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
11
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
0
0
3
2
1
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SW
7
1.2
SSW
7
1.3
S
11
1.8
S
11
1.8
S
11
1.7
S
11
1.6
S
11
1.4
S
10
1.3
S
10
1.3
S
10
1.1
S
9
1
S
9
0.9
S
9
0.9
S
8
0.8
S
8
1.2
SW
8
1.1
SSW
8
1
S
8
2
S
9
2
S
9
1.5
S
8
1.4
S
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
147
120
441
723
723
695
584
410
340
314
202
160
120
113
86
187
131
117
623
623
313
241
Wind (km/h)
20
WSW
15
W
10
W
5
NW
25
W
25
WNW
15
W
15
NW
10
NW
15
W
20
W
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
20
WSW
15
SW
10
SSE
15
ESE
10
SE
5
SW
Wind State
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
on
cross-on
cross-off
High Tide
7:00AM1.11m
7:01PM1.75m
7:49AM1.18m
7:50PM1.77m
8:35AM1.25m
8:36PM1.74m
Low Tide
12:29PM0.28m
1:50AM-0.00m
1:22PM0.23m
2:33AM-0.03m
2:13PM0.20m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:37
6:37
6:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:21
5:22
5:22
 mm
Temp °C
14
17
19
20
16
14
12
11
11
16
18
19
16
14
13
12
12
14
16
16
15
15
Feels °C
9
13
16
17
9
7
7
7
7
12
13
13
11
10
9
8
7
10
13
13
13
13
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