Long Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.74° S 151.32° E

Long Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 19 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Reef sea temperature is
20.3°C
1.6° 

Long Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Long Reef today (19 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 5s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Reef at 8PM is: 1.3m 5s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Oct)--
Afternoon (19 Oct)3ft (0.9m)5s
Evening (19 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Mon afternoon, min 17°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
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
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SE
8
1.1
ENE
5
1.3
ENE
5
1.2
ENE
5
1.2
ENE
6
1.2
ENE
6
1.4
NE
7
1.3
ENE
7
1.3
ENE
7
1.4
ENE
7
1.4
ENE
7
1.4
ENE
7
1.3
ENE
7
1.2
ENE
7
1
ENE
7
1.2
ENE
8
1.3
ENE
8
1.4
ENE
8
1.4
ENE
8
1.3
ENE
8
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
45
52
80
75
81
84
199
164
183
203
208
196
183
148
111
185
206
221
221
201
Wind (km/h)
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
N
15
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
15
NE
20
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
10
NE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
3:21PM1.22m
4:46AM0.96m
4:24PM1.23m
5:35AM1.06m
5:18PM1.26m
Low Tide
10:29PM0.40m
10:04AM0.61m
11:16PM0.35m
11:09AM0.55m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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Temp °C
19
19
18
18
17
17
17
19
19
19
18
18
17
17
17
19
19
19
19
19
Feels °C
16
15
14
16
16
17
17
17
15
15
15
17
17
17
18
18
17
16
17
19
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