Long Reef Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Sydney North Coast (39 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Long Reef surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 16 Nov 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 19.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Long Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Long Reef at 1AM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm November 16). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	8s
Afternoon (17 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	8s
Evening (17 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s

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

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	Sun 16		Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19
	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	S	NE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	ENE	NE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	9	9	10	9	8	7	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	106	103	76	51	49	53	55	43	34	63	215	325	305	192	94	51	89	127	209	154	139	109	131	189
Wind (km/h)	NNE	WSW	WNW	SW	W	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	WSW	WNW	SW	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	NNW	WNW	WNW	NE	ENE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	6:38PM 1.14				7:07AM 1.40				7:21PM 1.12				7:39AM 1.46					8:02PM 1.10				8:11AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)			12:38AM 0.31				1:33PM 0.33				1:10AM 0.32					2:12PM 0.27			1:42AM 0.34					2:50PM 0.23

	Sun 16		Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	21	19	18	18	20	22	24	22	18	16	14	16	20	21	21	19	18	17	16	19	24	23	23
Feels °C (?)	22	18	16	11	13	14	16	19	16	13	13	10	12	18	17	16	15	16	17	15	18	22	20	19

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