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Palm Beach Reef Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Sydney North Coast (39 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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Palm Beach Reef surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 06 May 2026 AESTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Palm Beach Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Palm Beach Reef sea temperature is
22.3° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Palm Beach Reef today?
The current surf forecast for Palm Beach Reef at 10PM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm May 06). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (06 May) | - | - |
| Afternoon (06 May) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 10s |
| Evening (06 May) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Palm Beach Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Wed afternoon, min 7°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wed 6 | Thursday 7 | Friday 8 | Sat 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | |
Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | ENE 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | |
410 | 394 | 394 | 410 | 400 | 339 | 290 | 240 | 234 | 154 | 120 | 117 | 90 | 68 | 70 | 70 | 52 | 57 | 58 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 36 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | |
High Tide | 11:12AM1.11m | 11:27PM1.64m | 11:50AM1.06m | 00:04AM1.59m | 12:33PM1.03m | 00:46AM1.56m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:49PM0.37m | 6:11AM0.36m | 5:23PM0.41m | 6:53AM0.38m | 6:03PM0.46m | 7:40AM0.40m | ||||||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:33 | — | — |
 | — | 5:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:08 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:07 |
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Temp °C | 21 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 16 |
20 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 13 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | ENE 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | S 8 | S 9 | S 10 | S 11 | S 12 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 12 | S 12 |
 kJ | 410 | 394 | 394 | 410 | 400 | 339 | 290 | 240 | 234 | 154 | 173 | 627 | 1578 | 1655 | 1631 | 1109 | 753 | 557 | 482 | 785 | 986 | 890 | 1494 | 1570 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 8 | S 8 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 6 | S 6 | S 5 | S 11 | S 11 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 |
| kJ | 65 | 54 | 37 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 120 | 117 | 90 | 68 | 70 | 70 | 52 | 57 | 58 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 36 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 15 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 18 | N 10 | S 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | NE 4 | NNE 4 | W 2 | W 3 | W 3 | SW 4 | SW 6 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | S 11 | WSW 4 | — | W 3 | W 4 | S 10 | S 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | 13 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 80 | 32 | 28 | 2434 | 7 | — | 5 | 10 | 878 | 861 | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 40 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 209 | 115 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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