Long Reef surf break

Long Reef surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 19 Sep 2025 AEST
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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
19.4° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Long Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Long Reef at 2PM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (19 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (19 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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

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Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Mon
22
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.9
ENE
1.1
NE
1.4
NE
1.1
NE
0.8
ENE
1.3
NNE
0.8
ENE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
SSE
0.8
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)1096666656101010109910111188711710
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)928569951108046974350483029291063613963191408053613549
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
10
NNW
15
NE
15
NE
20
WNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
20
NNW
25
NW
25
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
15
WSW
10
W
10
NNW
5
W
0
SE
10
NNE
5
SSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:36AM
1.16
6:34PM
1.50
7:12AM
1.24
7:14PM
1.49
7:46AM
1.31
7:51PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:15PM
0.35
1:07AM
0.15
1:00PM
0.30
1:39AM
0.15
1:41PM
0.26
2:08AM
0.17
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Mon
22
Sunrise5:48-------5:48-------5:47-------
Sunset---5:47-------5:49-------5:49----
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----11-----------------
Temp. °C131821212019171617212221161413111115182018161412
Feels °C (?)101517181615121313161615988881216171612108
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Sydney North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Long Reef (calm at Cromer wx 5 km from Long Reef). 0.8m 6s windswell from the ENE with a 0.7m 10s swell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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