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Long Reef surf break

Long Reef surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 06 Jan 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
22.2° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Long Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Long Reef at 1AM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 06). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (07 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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

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Tue
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.3
ESE
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
1.1
NE
1.3
NE
1.2
NE
1
NE
1.3
NE
1
NE
1.2
NE
1.7
NE
2
NE
2.1
NE
1.8
NE
1.8
NE
1.9
NE
1.6
NE
1.9
NE
2.4
NE
Period(s) (?)799999995566665667777878
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1717162627282525538689641046682185316393346340392297372646
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
5
NE
5
N
5
NW
5
N
15
NE
20
ENE
25
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
10
N
15
NNE
15
N
15
NE
25
NE
30
NE
35
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
30
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		glassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:58PM
1.15
11:50AM
1.59
12:46AM
1.16
12:35PM
1.44
1:36AM
1.18
1:21PM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:53PM
0.03
5:27AM
0.35
6:36PM
0.10
6:21AM
0.42
7:16PM
0.18
7:18AM
0.49
Tue
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise----5:50-------5:52-------5:52---
Sunset8:08-------8:08-------8:08-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222121202125252523222221222828262423222122262726
Feels °C (?)222324232426242321212321212625222022222122252523
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