Long Reef surf break

Long Reef surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 24 Feb 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
25.2° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Long Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Long Reef at 11PM is: 1.8m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)--
Afternoon (24 Feb)4ft (1.2m)6s
Evening (24 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NE
1.4
NE
1.7
NE
1.8
NE
1.7
NE
1.5
NE
1.4
NE
1.5
NE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.7
S
1.9
S
2.1
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
Period(s) (?)656677766777776777888777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)75111198244248198163177100110120151155138219326374461481481487495504452
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
ENE
15
E
10
E
15
SSE
10
S
20
S
30
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
15
ESE
10
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossonononcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:29PM
1.01
3:04AM
1.41
3:56PM
0.94
4:19AM
1.43
5:24PM
0.95
5:32AM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:14PM
0.40
10:04AM
0.36
9:26PM
0.46
11:27AM
0.31
10:46PM
0.46
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise------6:37-------6:39-------6:39-
Sunset-7:37-------7:36-------7:35------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----------12221333444465
Temp. °C252524232221212424252423212021232323222222222221
Feels °C (?)232423222221222625272625201720222121202023242019
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