Long Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.74° S 151.32° E

Long Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 09 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 (09 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Reef at 8PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm August 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Aug)--
Afternoon (09 Aug)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (09 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue morning, min 11°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Mon afternoon, light winds from the WNW by Tue morning).

Sun
9
Monday
10
Tuesday
11
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
2
2
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
9
1.4
NE
9
2.3
NE
6
3
NE
8
2.5
NE
8
2.1
ENE
9
1.9
NE
9
1.6
NE
9
1.4
NE
9
1.3
NE
10
1
NE
9
0.9
NE
9
0.8
ENE
9
1.4
SW
7
0.6
S
13
1.6
S
12
1.5
S
10
1.3
S
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
149
146
143
323
401
839
854
691
612
456
321
290
173
128
110
168
116
686
486
300
Wind (km/h)
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNE
30
NE
35
NNE
30
NNE
35
WNW
35
NW
35
NNW
40
NW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
W
20
W
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
15
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
5:10PM1.59m
6:04AM1.04m
6:08PM1.68m
7:00AM1.11m
7:01PM1.75m
Low Tide
10:25AM0.38m
00:08AM0.15m
11:30AM0.34m
1:02AM0.06m
12:29PM0.28m
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:39
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:20
5:21
5:21
 mm
4
2
1
1
Temp °C
18
17
13
14
15
16
13
12
16
14
14
15
14
15
14
16
19
19
14
12
Feels °C
14
12
9
9
8
10
6
4
7
5
7
7
7
10
11
12
16
15
8
6
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