Long Reef surf break

Long Reef surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 20 Feb 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
23.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Long Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Long Reef at 9PM is: 1.2m 5s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm February 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)--
Afternoon (20 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Evening (20 Feb)4ft (1.2m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
0.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
S
0.4
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.7
NE
0.9
NE
1
NE
1.3
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.6
NE
1.8
NE
1.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)945566666658666666678888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25265697977761504132212035363333426664145264322398208
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
15
N
10
NNW
5
WNW
10
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
10
SSE
5
W
10
SSW
0
S
5
N
10
NE
20
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
SSW
5
E
10
NW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
crosscrossoffcross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
oncross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:28PM
1.39
11:35AM
1.40
12:11AM
1.42
12:22PM
1.27
12:59AM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:14PM
0.09
5:30AM
0.25
5:51PM
0.15
6:23AM
0.29
6:31PM
0.23
7:25AM
0.33
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise------6:33-------6:35-------6:35-
Sunset-7:42-------7:40-------7:39------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------162411-
Temp. °C242323232322222625242324232222262625232222222223
Feels °C (?)242223242524242724232627262625282628262625252527
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