Long Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.74° S 151.32° E

Issued: 10 am 16 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Long Reef sea temperature is

20.5°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Long Reef today (16 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Reef at 7PM is: 1.7m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	5ft (1.5m)	9s
Afternoon (16 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	9s
Evening (16 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat afternoon, min 16°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Friday 16						Saturday 17								Sunday 18
	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	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	413	323	450	513	513	456	396	421	388	281	287	275	226	275	314	263	202	189	201	176	151	192
Wind (km/h)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	NE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	on	on	on	on	on	on	glassy	on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide			12:19PM1.35m				1:16AM0.90m				1:12PM1.28m					2:26AM0.88m				2:14PM1.23m
Low Tide	5:41AM0.51m				7:21PM0.39m				6:27AM0.57m					8:23PM0.43m			7:29AM0.62m					9:30PM0.43m


	6:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	7:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:08	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	17	18	18	18	18
Feels °C	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 8
kJ	413	323	450	513	513	456	396	421	388	281	287	275	226	275	314	263	202	189	201	176	151	192
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 12	SSE 12	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 11	SE 11	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	SE 10	ENE 10
kJ	61	164	19	19	19	33	31	31	31	87	52	52	80	79	20	20	35	37	22	37	33	20
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 9	ENE 9	—	—	ENE 10	SE 12	SE 12	S 16	S 15	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 11	—	SE 12	ENE 10	ESE 12
kJ	16	17	—	—	33	38	38	5	5	31	32	33	33	19	3	3	3	2	—	6	21	13
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 5	NE 5	ENE 4	NE 4	—	ENE 5	—	—	—	ENE 5	ENE 5	NE 5	NE 5	E 5	ENE 5
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12	10	8	5	—	8	—	—	—	13	13	10	10	29	27
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	22	170	609	609	123	170	123	35	35	170	170	35	36	36	17	0	1	35	35	170	11	0
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Rating (10 max)															2	2	2				1	2
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	2	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	7	5	4

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