Nobbys Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.93° S 151.80° E

Issued: 3 pm 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Nobbys Reef sea temperature is

18.2°C

Nobbys 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 Nobbys Reef today (13 Sep):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Nobbys Reef at 9PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (13 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Evening (13 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Mon morning, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Mon morning, strong winds from the S by Tue night).
	Sun 13				Monday 14								Tuesday 15
	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	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 11	ENE 6	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	NE 6	NE 6	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	S 10	SE 4	S 9	S 4
Wave Graph
kJ	113	143	108	102	100	75	134	132	89	85	83	95	126	32	31	31	16	17	14	57
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	N	N	NNW	N	NE	NE	NE	N	N	NNW	NW	NW	S	SE	S	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide				9:47PM1.46m					10:10AM1.53m				10:25PM1.32m				10:48AM1.50m
Low Tide		3:43PM0.24m				3:53AM0.24m					4:26PM0.31m				4:24AM0.32m				5:12PM0.39m


	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	5:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:44	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	20	18	17	16	15	16	21	24	24	23	22	20	19	19	24	23	18	17	15
Feels °C	15	14	13	13	13	12	13	18	20	21	19	19	17	16	16	20	20	17	15	8
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 11	S 10	S 10	ENE 6	ENE 6	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 4	ENE 7
kJ	113	143	108	102	53	29	134	132	89	85	83	41	34	22	29	17	11	3	5	9
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 16	SSE 17	E 13	E 13	S 10	S 10	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 12	E 12	S 10	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	S 10	E 14	S 9	E 14
kJ	52	29	13	3	100	75	20	12	10	3	3	56	51	32	31	31	16	4	14	4
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 13	ENE 13	—	S 18	E 13	SSE 12	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 10	E 10	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 13	E 13	E 14	ENE 7	—
kJ	13	17	—	6	3	52	13	13	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	15	4	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	—	—	—	ENE 6	ENE 4	ENE 5	NE 6	NE 6	—	—	—	—	SE 4	SSE 4	S 4
kJ	11	56	107	82	95	—	—	—	21	16	41	95	126	—	—	—	—	17	8	57
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	81	287	137	81	0	0	0	0	81	81	30	0	0	0	0	0	43	70	92	125
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Rating (10 max)	1			2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	6	4	2	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	9	8	7	6	5	5	7	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	8	5	5	5	5	5

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