Palm Beach Reef surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 22 Mar 2026 AEDT
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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
23.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Palm Beach Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Palm Beach Reef at 11AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (22 Mar)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (22 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.5
E
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1
E
1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
Period(s) (?)881010109999866777667888899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3735333168628076743544709211010712083101151118161200220269
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
S
5
S
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
5
SSE
0
SE
0
ENE
5
E
10
E
15
E
10
ENE
10
NE
5
N
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
ESE
10
ENE
15
E
10
ENE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassonononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:16PM
1.73
11:29AM
1.47
11:59PM
1.75
12:16PM
1.34
12:46AM
1.75
1:07PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:33AM
0.23
5:33PM
0.17
6:24AM
0.24
6:12PM
0.21
7:20AM
0.27
6:56PM
0.27
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise--6:58-------6:58-------7:00-----
Sunset-----7:04-------7:02-------7:00--
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---1--------1------11---
Temp. °C222121232423222222212123242322212020192223232120
Feels °C (?)232223242423232424232324242323222222212423222121
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