Long Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.74° S 151.32° E

Issued: 3 am 17 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Long Reef sea temperature is

17.6° 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 (17 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Reef at 8AM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am July 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	6s
Afternoon (17 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	6s
Evening (17 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri night, min 13°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	1 AM	4 AM	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	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 6	S 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 7	E 7	E 6	ESE 7	E 7	E 7	E 8	E 8	E 11	E 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	162	110	86	61	36	36	50	65	83	104	80	131	111	171	245	289	750	1208	1291	1211	1071	943	867	787
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SSW	S	SSW	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	on
High Tide					10:34AM1.22m				10:30PM1.64m				11:22AM1.24m				11:17PM1.49m				12:10PM1.25m
Low Tide			4:29AM-0.02m				4:09PM0.28m				5:12AM0.05m				5:03PM0.34m				5:53AM0.13m				6:01PM0.41m


	—	6:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:54	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:04	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:06	—	—
mm	2	1	1	1	1	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	16	16	17	17	15	16	16
Feels °C	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	13	13	14	13	13	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 6	S 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 7	E 7	E 6	S 10	E 7	S 10	E 8	E 8	E 11	E 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10
kJ	162	110	86	61	36	36	50	65	83	86	80	48	111	46	245	289	750	1208	1291	1211	1071	943	867	787
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 18	ESE 6	ESE 6	E 6	E 6	S 6	S 5	S 5	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 21	S 10	S 20	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 18	S 18	S 17	S 17	S 16	S 13	S 13
kJ	26	33	33	33	35	32	21	14	78	104	72	34	47	33	43	40	24	99	97	211	195	174	127	165
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	ENE 8	S 8	S 9	S 21	S 21	S 21	S 19	S 20	S 18	S 19	S 19	S 18	S 8	S 8	SE 17	SE 17	SE 17	SE 17	SE 16
kJ	5	11	19	19	19	20	21	23	35	35	35	7	32	7	66	64	107	22	22	12	11	11	11	11
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 5	—	S 4	ESE 7	S 4	E 7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	12	131	5	171	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	4	4	4	1	1	1
Distance (km)	6	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	78	111	111	78	1	11	11	6	38	6	11	11	11
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