Long Reef surf break

Long Reef surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 28 Mar 2026 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
24.3° C
(Which is 1.4°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 12PM is: 6.5m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 5.5m 13s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)21ft (6.5m)14s
Afternoon (28 Mar)18ft (5.5m)13s
Evening (28 Mar)16ft (5.0m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
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6
7
8
8
7
7
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
6.5
S
7.5
S
6.5
S
6.5
S
6
S
5
S
5
S
4.5
SSE
4.5
S
4
S
4
S
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)141414131313121212121111111111101010999988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)155212108916131144891171777487314617851164214354923882109178014101140863688506424360267212179
Wind
(km/h)
35
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
S
25
S
25
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
WSW
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassonononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:17AM
1.43
6:24PM
1.08
6:18AM
1.46
7:12PM
1.18
7:09AM
1.47
7:51PM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:14PM
0.21
11:56PM
0.44
1:02PM
0.17
12:54AM
0.37
1:42PM
0.15
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise--7:03-------7:03-------7:03-----
Sunset-----6:55-------6:54-------6:52--
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161514161920191917161619202020201918182021212021
Feels °C (?)98891214141514131316171718191918182020191820
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