Long Reef surf break

Long Reef surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 29 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
24.2° 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 1AM is: 2.1m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 19s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)5ft (1.6m)9s
Afternoon (30 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (30 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.2
SSE
2
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)10101010101099999988881616161316161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21551510125597075661152843337731827323318815411493181122234123132129246237
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
W
10
WSW
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
5
N
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:12PM
1.18
7:09AM
1.47
7:51PM
1.27
7:54AM
1.46
8:27PM
1.36
8:35AM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:02PM
0.17
12:54AM
0.37
1:42PM
0.15
1:43AM
0.30
2:16PM
0.14
2:28AM
0.24
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise------7:03-------7:05-------7:05-
Sunset-6:54-------6:52-------6:52------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202020201818171920202020191818202222212120191922
Feels °C (?)161718191718161819181919191819212120192020191921
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