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Long Reef surf break

Long Reef surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 13 Jan 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
24.0° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Long Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Long Reef at 10AM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (13 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (13 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
1.3
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
0.8
S
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
E
0.9
ENE
1
E
1.1
ENE
1
E
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.5
E
1.8
ENE
1.4
NE
Period(s) (?)9777108888888885568888667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)111173111159140173186216153149131107118143497271419176101176255159
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
15
NNE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		glasscross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:06AM
1.29
5:28PM
0.89
5:56AM
1.34
6:32PM
0.90
6:43AM
1.40
7:24PM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:59AM
0.50
11:00PM
0.48
12:55PM
0.43
11:53PM
0.48
1:41PM
0.36
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise--5:56-------5:56-------5:58-----
Sunset------8:07-------8:07-------8:07-
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1-------------1---11118-
Temp. °C202020232423222121212123232220212121212323232222
Feels °C (?)202122232221212121212122202017212122222222222122
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