Petes Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.54° N 4.24° W

Petes Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 20 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Petes Reef sea temperature is
20.9° C
4.5° 

Petes Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Petes Reef today (20 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 7s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 7s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Petes Reef at 5AM is: 1.6m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)5ft (1.6m)7s
Afternoon (20 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Evening (20 Aug)3ft (0.9m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat afternoon, min 13°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNW on Thu afternoon, calm by Sat morning).

Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
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
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
WSW
7
1.6
WSW
8
1.8
W
8
1.6
WSW
7
1.5
W
7
1.4
W
7
1
W
7
0.8
W
7
0.8
WSW
9
0.7
WSW
9
0.6
WSW
9
0.6
WSW
8
0.6
WSW
8
0.4
WSW
8
0.4
WSW
8
0.4
WSW
8
0.4
WSW
8
0.4
WSW
8
0.3
WSW
9
0.3
WSW
10
0.3
WSW
10
0.3
WSW
10
0.3
WSW
9
0.3
WSW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
319
300
368
259
242
198
89
62
106
82
59
53
51
22
22
22
23
24
15
18
18
18
17
16
Wind (km/h)
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
WNW
30
NNW
25
N
25
N
20
N
25
N
20
N
20
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
20
N
15
NNE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
S
15
NW
15
N
15
N
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:35PM6.64m
11:56AM6.32m
00:23AM6.02m
12:52PM5.80m
1:31AM5.54m
2:16PM5.50m
Low Tide
5:39AM2.19m
6:04PM2.43m
6:31AM2.73m
7:09PM2.91m
7:50AM3.10m
8:44PM3.11m
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:09
6:09
6:11
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:30
8:28
8:25
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
16
15
15
16
17
17
17
15
14
13
13
15
16
17
17
15
14
14
14
15
16
17
19
16
Feels °C
12
11
12
11
13
12
11
10
10
9
9
11
12
13
13
11
11
11
11
13
15
14
15
12
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