Long Reef surf break

Long Reef surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 06 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
24.4° C
(Which is 1.2°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 6AM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)6ft (1.8m)9s
Afternoon (07 Mar)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (07 Mar)5ft (1.5m)9s

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


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Fri
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.8
NE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.7
S
2
S
2.3
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SE
2
SE
1.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)999999999999977777888777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)311411364377377470331354370370327299255271393543607468469522480465429310
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
5
E
15
NE
15
NNE
10
N
15
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
5
NE
5
ESE
10
SW
20
SSW
25
S
25
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:17PM
1.40
11:30AM
1.24
11:53PM
1.38
12:09PM
1.12
12:31AM
1.34
12:51PM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:02PM
0.21
5:31AM
0.28
5:31PM
0.29
6:15AM
0.34
6:01PM
0.37
7:04AM
0.41
Fri
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise----6:46-------6:47-------6:48---
Sunset-------7:23-------7:22-------7:21
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-1------103522243364-1223
Temp. °C252424232325262623222222222221212222222222222323
Feels °C (?)292826252627272626252422202018181920192020202223
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