Long Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.74° S 151.32° E

Issued: 9 pm 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Long Reef sea temperature is

17.2°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 (14 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 11s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Reef at 4AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	11s
Afternoon (14 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	11s
Evening (14 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Mon morning, min 11°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Sun night, fresh winds from the S by Wed morning).
	Sun 13		Monday 14								Tuesday 15
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	S 5	S 7
Wave Graph
kJ	138	193	175	172	129	123	114	81	96	182	152	78	85	77	67	44	63	396
Wind (km/h)	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNE	NE	NNE	N	NNW	NW	W	S	SE	SSE	S	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross
High Tide		9:36PM1.36m				9:58AM1.46m					10:16PM1.23m				10:35AM1.43m
Low Tide				3:41AM0.20m					4:17PM0.24m				4:12AM0.29m				5:04PM0.30m


	—	—	—	5:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	17	17	17	16	22	23	21	20	22	19	19	17	20	19	17	15	13
Feels °C	14	13	14	15	13	19	21	17	17	19	17	17	15	18	16	14	9	6
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 10	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	S 11	S 11	S 11	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 6	NE 7
kJ	138	136	156	116	75	54	114	81	79	106	98	78	85	77	67	44	34	21
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 13	ENE 13	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 11	ENE 13	ENE 13	ENE 12	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	ENE 13	ENE 14
kJ	17	17	175	172	129	123	17	16	15	51	48	30	30	29	15	14	18	18
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 13	S 18	ENE 13	ENE 13	ENE 13	ENE 13	S 16	—	S 15	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	NE 13	ENE 13	ENE 13	—	—
kJ	17	6	17	17	17	17	5	—	5	15	15	15	15	6	16	17	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	—	NE 6	—	NE 6	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	—	—	SW 3	S 4	SSE 4	S 5	S 7
kJ	136	193	253	—	109	—	40	64	96	182	152	—	—	3	4	11	63	396
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3
Distance (km)	53	23	0	0	0	0	0	23	4	0	0	0	0	1	810	120	120	191
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Rating (10 max)			3	2	2	1	1		1	2	2	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	6	2	2	6	6	4	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	7	6	5	6	5	5	6	6	5	6	6	7	7	5	5	5	5	5

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