Long Reef surf break

Long Reef surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Saturday 18 Apr 2026 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
21.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Long Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Long Reef at 11PM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 3.5m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 7.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)--
Afternoon (18 Apr)8ft (2.5m)12s
Evening (18 Apr)11ft (3.5m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
7
7
6
4
4
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
4
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
S
2.5
S
3
S
3.5
S
4
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)111212121212121212121213121212121212121111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)176417632559361540093599239822812321222130212925286826022393247122331979177816311407123011131003
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
15
SSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
15
SSW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SSW
25
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:51PM
1.69
9:25AM
1.27
9:36PM
1.71
10:19AM
1.18
10:25PM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:28PM
0.14
3:24AM
0.02
3:10PM
0.20
4:18AM
0.03
3:55PM
0.28
5:16AM
0.08
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise------6:18-------6:20-------6:20-
Sunset-5:29-------5:28-------5:27------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181718171414131617171718151414171919191917161618
Feels °C (?)141214141011101314141315131111141515151614131314
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