Long Reef surf break

Long Reef surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 27 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 9PM is: 3.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)--
Afternoon (27 Mar)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (27 Mar)11ft (3.5m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
6
!
7
!
!
7
6
7
8
8
8
6
5
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
ESE
1.2
ESE
3.5
SSW
5.5
S
6
S
6
S
7
S
6.5
S
5
S
5
S
4.5
SSE
4.5
S
4
SSE
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
2
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)111191314141313131212121212111111111010101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4943342257110971478813495165051357482947209652056614998457936132777190416301210990772611528377
Wind
(km/h)
35
W
45
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:24PM
0.99
5:17AM
1.43
6:24PM
1.08
6:18AM
1.46
7:12PM
1.18
7:09AM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:13AM
0.26
10:45PM
0.51
12:14PM
0.21
11:56PM
0.44
1:02PM
0.17
12:54AM
0.37
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise------7:03-------7:03-------7:03-
Sunset-6:57-------6:55-------6:54------
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-35---------------------
Temp. °C151416171615141719201919171616192020202019181820
Feels °C (?)85899871012141415131213161718181918171820
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