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Long Reef Surf Forecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 26 Mar 2023 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 23.3 °C (Statistics for 26 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 22.9 max: 24.6 min: 21.6 °C)
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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 23.3 °C (Statistics for 26 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 22.9 max: 24.6 min: 21.6 °C)

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  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Long Reef (strong winds from the NE at LONG REEF 0 km from Long Reef).

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1 h 29 min ago

Strong
39 km/h
NE
Cross-On
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How big are the waves at Long Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Long Reef at 11AM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)1ft (0.3m)18s
Afternoon (26 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (26 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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

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Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Friday
31
Saturday
01
Sunday
02
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
001211212222222112101122222121244432332222211111013323333433
Swell
Height Map
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T new south wales.htsgw.metric.45.cc23T new south wales.htsgw.metric.48.cc23T new south wales.htsgw.metric.54.cc23
T new south wales.htsgw.metric.69.cc23T new south wales.htsgw.metric.72.cc23T new south wales.htsgw.metric.78.cc23
T new south wales.htsgw.metric.93.cc23T new south wales.htsgw.metric.96.cc23T new south wales.htsgw.metric.102.cc23
T new south wales.htsgw.metric.117.cc23T new south wales.htsgw.metric.120.cc23T new south wales.htsgw.metric.126.cc23
T new south wales.htsgw.metric.141.cc23T new south wales.htsgw.metric.144.cc23T new south wales.htsgw.metric.150.cc23
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.5
S
1.3
NE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.8
S
2
S
2.4
S
2.4
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
1.8
SSE
1.3
S
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
S
1
S
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
ESE
0.5
SE
0.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.3
SSE
2
SSE
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
Period(s) (?)18161515141415156151414131312121098888999988999988888888888871111109767899881099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)551332192052572022081071071501441341251211049874103112807478117119158151125154176180203529503802809675579394193177138171129796561596041892076358671004738497377541450388
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
WNW
15
NNW
15
N
20
NE
20
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
10
NW
15
WNW
20
WSW
10
W
15
S
10
S
5
WNW
10
WSW
10
W
15
SE
20
SE
10
SE
5
SE
5
SSW
5
SW
5
W
5
N
5
NE
10
SE
5
NW
10
SW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
15
W
15
W
10
W
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcrosscrossoffoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:32PM
1.09
12:44AM
1.41
1:26PM
0.97
1:34AM
1.34
2:34PM
0.89
2:36AM
1.27
3:58PM
0.86
3:48AM
1.23
5:15PM
0.90
4:58AM
1.24
6:11PM
0.96
5:55AM
1.28
6:52PM
1.04
6:41AM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:35AM
0.25
6:12PM
0.40
7:32AM
0.34
6:53PM
0.50
8:38AM
0.41
7:45PM
0.58
9:54AM
0.44
8:58PM
0.63
11:06AM
0.43
10:21PM
0.62
12:02PM
0.39
11:30PM
0.58
12:45PM
0.34
12:24AM
0.51
1:20PM
0.28

Note: the tide data above is for Dee Why which is 2 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Long Reef.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph
Offshore winds at Long Reef blow from the W

Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Friday
31
Saturday
01
Sunday
02
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Rain (mm)
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Sunrise7:01-------7:01-------7:03-------7:03-------7:05-------7:05-------7:05-------7:07---
Sunset---6:58-------6:57-------6:54-------6:53-------6:52-------6:51-------6:50-------6:49

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