Long Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.74° S 151.32° E

Long Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 14 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Reef sea temperature is
17.9° C
0.1° 

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 (15 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Jul, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Reef at 4AM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm July 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jul)8ft (2.5m)10s
Afternoon (15 Jul)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (15 Jul)7ft (2.1m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri morning, min 12°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tue
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SSW
11
0.3
SSW
10
0.2
S
11
1.2
SSW
6
2
S
7
2.5
S
10
3
S
10
2.5
S
9
2.3
S
8
2.1
S
8
2
S
7
1.9
SSE
7
2.1
S
7
2.3
S
8
2.3
S
8
2.3
S
7
2.1
S
7
1.8
S
7
1.3
S
7
1.2
S
7
1.1
S
7
1
S
6
0.9
ESE
5
0.8
S
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
24
21
10
123
377
1319
1651
1210
751
558
447
394
465
620
609
578
483
358
167
131
103
78
37
82
Wind (km/h)
20
W
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
20
SSW
20
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
S
30
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
8:04PM1.83m
8:56AM1.16m
8:54PM1.82m
9:46AM1.19m
9:43PM1.75m
10:34AM1.22m
Low Tide
2:56AM-0.06m
2:24PM0.24m
3:44AM-0.06m
3:16PM0.25m
4:29AM-0.02m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:56
6:56
6:56
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:02
5:04
5:04
 mm
1
1
1
2
2
1
Temp °C
16
15
13
12
13
14
14
15
15
15
14
13
13
15
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
17
16
Feels °C
11
10
8
7
8
8
8
9
10
10
9
8
8
9
10
10
11
12
14
13
13
13
14
13
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