Long Reef surf break

Long Reef surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 31 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
23.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Long Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Long Reef at 4AM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (01 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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


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Tue
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.3
SSE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)1613131316161514141312121111117451477777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)234851218312724016514491807241393836813840385654484835
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
NNE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
N
5
NW
10
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
5
NW
15
S
25
S
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:27PM
1.36
8:35AM
1.42
9:01PM
1.43
9:14AM
1.36
9:33PM
1.47
9:51AM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:28AM
0.24
2:48PM
0.16
3:10AM
0.20
3:18PM
0.19
3:50AM
0.19
3:47PM
0.24
Tue
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise----7:05-------7:05-------7:07---
Sunset-------6:51-------6:49-------6:47
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212120191921222221212019192122222121201919212121
Feels °C (?)192020202021202019212120202121212021212021201918
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