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Long Reef surf break

Long Reef surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 21 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
22.8° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Long Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Long Reef at 12PM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 21). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Afternoon (21 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Evening (21 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
2
1
0
1
2
2
3
3
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
2.4
SE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
1.6
SE
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.7
S
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)11111111111111111111111111117889999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10491030887792792961961943862862785713606533535709733433505461417495451400
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
S
15
SE
20
E
10
E
5
ENE
10
NNE
0
NNE
5
S
20
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		crossglassglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:34AM
1.60
11:20PM
1.17
11:12AM
1.55
12:01AM
1.21
11:52AM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:11AM
0.33
5:17PM
0.10
4:53AM
0.35
5:51PM
0.11
5:40AM
0.38
6:27PM
0.13
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise--6:03-------6:05-------6:05-----
Sunset------8:06-------8:05-------8:05-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191819212221202019192122211919191918192020201919
Feels °C (?)181718202019192019202220171315151515161818181617
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