Long Reef surf break

Long Reef surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Wednesday 15 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
21.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Long Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Long Reef at 5AM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (16 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wed
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
4
4
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
1.4
S
2.1
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.4
S
3
S
Period(s) (?)99991010999889888857101010111112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)251202207207183266171126979168744647463085440138720561283129513942457
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
5
SE
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NE
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
W
5
W
5
SW
40
S
25
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
SSW
20
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoffoffcross-
off
offglasscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:50PM
1.43
6:59AM
1.42
7:29PM
1.55
7:46AM
1.40
8:09PM
1.64
8:35AM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:57AM
0.22
1:10PM
0.10
1:45AM
0.12
1:48PM
0.10
2:33AM
0.05
2:28PM
0.14
Wed
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise----6:16-------6:16-------6:18---
Sunset-------5:30-------5:30-------5:29
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------11------
Temp. °C201917161520232120201918172327272017161413161817
Feels °C (?)19201715141922191919171514192525141313109131312
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