Long Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.74° S 151.32° E

Long Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 17 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Long Reef sea temperature is
18.0°C
0.2° 

Long Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Long Reef today (18 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Reef at 1AM is: 1.8m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (18 Sep)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (18 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Sat morning, min 11°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
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)
2
3
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
SSE
9
1.9
SSE
9
1.8
SSE
9
1.3
S
9
1.3
S
9
1.2
S
9
1.2
S
9
1.2
S
9
1.1
S
10
0.6
S
17
0.6
S
16
0.5
S
15
0.7
S
10
0.7
S
10
0.7
S
9
0.6
S
9
0.6
S
9
0.5
S
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
675
530
455
245
245
224
224
249
220
202
190
111
89
90
83
57
58
44
Wind (km/h)
10
ESE
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
N
10
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
W
20
W
5
SE
0
NE
10
W
10
WSW
Wind State
on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-on
glassy
off
off
High Tide
00:40AM0.91m
12:57PM1.26m
1:54AM0.86m
2:05PM1.23m
Low Tide
6:54PM0.44m
6:05AM0.54m
8:06PM0.49m
7:06AM0.59m
9:23PM0.48m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:50
5:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:46
5:47
 mm
Temp °C
14
13
12
11
11
16
19
18
17
18
17
16
16
22
27
26
25
22
Feels °C
12
12
10
9
9
14
16
14
15
16
13
11
11
17
24
24
22
18
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