Long Reef surf break

Long Reef surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 02 Dec 2025 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
22.2° C
(Which is 1.5°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 6AM is: 1.7m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm December 02). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Dec)5ft (1.6m)8s
Afternoon (03 Dec)4ft (1.2m)7s
Evening (03 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
S
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.3
SSE
1
S
0.8
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.2
NE
1.6
NE
1.8
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
1.1
NE
1.8
NE
Period(s) (?)998888877799999566777766
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9216454933863392841761096482101565639396016327317814910275101192
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
15
S
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NE
25
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
10
N
5
NW
5
NW
10
NE
25
ENE
30
NE
35
NNE
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNE
25
ENE
30
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:47PM
1.21
7:13AM
1.67
7:47PM
1.20
8:01AM
1.77
8:44PM
1.19
8:50AM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:40AM
0.18
1:52PM
0.09
1:29AM
0.19
2:46PM
-0.01
2:18AM
0.21
3:40PM
-0.06
Tue
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sunrise----5:37-------5:35-------5:35---
Sunset-------7:51-------7:52-------7:52
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171715141520202019191817182424232222212125333227
Feels °C (?)121413121317151515161717182321191721191822292723
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