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Long Reef Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Sydney North Coast (39 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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Long Reef surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 25 Mar 2026 AEDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
24.3° 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 12AM is: 2.0m 12s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (AEDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (26 Mar) | - | - |
| Afternoon (26 Mar) | 5ft (1.6m) | 10s |
| Evening (26 Mar) | 6ft (1.8m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Long Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday 25 | Thursday 26 | Friday 27 | Saturday 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 8 AM | 11 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 418 | 540 | 628 | 1066 | 1438 | 1518 | 1510 | 1565 | 1505 | 1496 | 1344 | 1324 | 1029 | 720 | 629 | 415 | 350 | 1878 | 5357 | 11350 | 19900 | 19436 | 15812 | 9105 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 2:38PM 0.96 | 2:47AM 1.43 | 4:06PM 0.95 | 4:05AM 1.42 | 5:24PM 0.99 | 5:17AM 1.43 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 8:00PM 0.49 | 9:58AM 0.29 | 9:21PM 0.53 | 11:13AM 0.26 | 10:45PM 0.51 | |||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 25 | Thursday 26 | Friday 27 | Saturday 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:03 | - |
| Sunset | - | 7:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:57 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 27 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 15 |
| Feels °C (?) | 24 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
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