Long Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.74° S 151.32° E

Issued: 9 am 02 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Long Reef sea temperature is

18.7°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Long Reef today (02 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Reef at 1PM is: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am October 02). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	7s
Afternoon (02 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	7s
Evening (02 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri morning, min 15°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Sun morning, calm by Sun night).
	Friday 2						Saturday 3								Sunday 4
	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	S 8
Wave Graph
kJ	193	156	122	104	90	119	178	160	217	146	142	188	331	340	559	418	348	300	274	261	235	268
Wind (km/h)	WNW	S	SSE	SSE	S	S	ESE	ENE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NNE	N	W	W	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross	on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	off	off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide			12:01PM1.49m					1:02AM0.98m				1:09PM1.44m				3:27AM0.96m				2:26PM1.42m
Low Tide	5:22AM0.40m				7:00PM0.26m				6:25AM0.48m					8:19PM0.27m				7:44AM0.52m				9:34PM0.25m


	5:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:58	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	1	—	4	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	18	17	17	19	18	18	17	16	15	19	18	17	16	17
Feels °C	17	17	18	18	20	19	19	19	19	17	15	17	17	17	16	15	13	17	13	14	14	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	S 5	S 17	NE 7	S 8	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	S 8
kJ	193	156	122	104	90	119	178	160	146	146	2	23	237	34	368	418	348	300	274	261	235	268
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 10	S 10	SSW 4	S 9	S 9	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 18	S 5	S 8	S 15	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 15	S 14	S 14	ENE 8
kJ	17	7	7	3	6	6	8	5	5	5	24	2	6	18	51	57	57	55	4	4	4	243
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 15	S 15	—	S 9	—	S 15	—	S 9	S 18	S 18	S 9	S 9	S 16	—	S 15	S 16	S 16	S 16	—	S 14	—	S 15
kJ	4	4	—	7	—	4	—	2	6	6	2	2	20	—	17	5	5	19	—	15	—	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SSW 2	SSW 3	—	SSW 4	SSW 5	—	—	NE 7	—	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	—	—	S 9	S 8	S 6	S 7	—
kJ	—	1	3	—	6	8	—	—	217	—	142	188	331	340	559	—	—	94	138	108	189	—
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Distance (km)	0	6	38	1	1	1	23	17	0	0	23	7	11	0	0	0	0	1	191	57	1	1
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