Long Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.74° S 151.32° E

Issued: 4 pm 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Long Reef sea temperature is

20.9°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 (05 Nov):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 7s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Reef at 10PM is: 2.3m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (05 Nov)	4.5ft (1.4m)	7s
Evening (05 Nov)	7ft (2.2m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 27°C on Sat afternoon, min 11°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Thu 5				Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	2	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	S 8	S 7	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	NNE 5	NE 6	SSE 7	E 9	E 9	E 9	S 7	S 8	S 9	S 9
Wave Graph
kJ	116	357	475	703	823	702	498	368	309	217	145	115	73	54	37	39	40	40	530	1217	1528	1275
Wind (km/h)	SE	S	S	S	SW	WSW	W	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	N	WNW	W	W	NNW	SSE	S	SSW	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			6:16PM1.28m				6:55AM1.41m				7:06PM1.24m				7:32AM1.49m				7:51PM1.20m
Low Tide	12:18PM0.38m				00:31AM0.21m				1:10PM0.30m				1:07AM0.23m				1:57PM0.23m				1:42AM0.26m


	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	7:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:27	—	—	—	7:28
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	18	18	17	16	14	16	19	19	19	18	18	16	15	19	25	27	17	15	13	11	11
Feels °C	14	12	13	13	14	12	15	18	15	14	15	15	15	14	17	22	25	11	8	5	5	4
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	S 7	NE 6	ENE 9	E 9	E 9	ENE 9
kJ	36	38	36	39	823	702	498	368	309	217	145	115	52	44	34	29	22	18	47	43	44	29
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	E 15	E 9	—	E 9	E 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 14	E 14	ENE 9	ENE 9	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	E 9	E 9	NE 7	S 18	S 17	S 17
kJ	3	4	7	—	40	40	25	25	4	4	25	25	73	54	37	36	40	40	7	6	6	6
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 15	E 15	NE 8	—	—	NE 7	E 15	E 14	E 14	—	E 14	E 14	ENE 8	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 9	S 16	S 19	—	—	S 17	—
kJ	4	4	2	—	—	2	4	4	4	—	4	4	24	25	25	39	5	7	—	—	6	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	S 8	S 7	S 8	—	—	—	—	ENE 9	ENE 9	NE 4	NE 5	NNE 5	—	—	—	ENE 6	SSE 4	S 7	S 8	S 9	S 9
kJ	116	357	475	703	—	—	—	—	25	86	29	51	72	—	—	—	26	39	530	1217	1528	1275
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	4	4
Distance (km)	512	552	158	6	0	0	0	22	518	22	35	23	0	0	0	0	0	128	191	100	1	6
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