Petes Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.54° N 4.24° W

Petes Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 20 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Petes Reef sea temperature is
20.6° C
4.2° 

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 WSW 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) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Petes Reef at 12PM is: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.5m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)5ft (1.6m)7s
Afternoon (20 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Evening (20 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat afternoon, min 13°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNW on Thu afternoon, light winds from the NNE by Sat morning).

Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
WSW
8
1.8
W
8
1.5
W
7
1.4
WSW
7
1.4
W
7
1.2
WSW
9
1
W
9
0.8
WSW
9
0.7
WSW
9
0.6
WSW
9
0.6
WSW
8
0.6
W
8
0.4
WSW
8
0.5
W
6
0.4
WSW
8
0.5
W
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
300
368
251
210
198
232
162
106
82
59
53
48
22
16
22
35
24
15
18
18
18
17
16
Wind (km/h)
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
20
N
20
N
15
N
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
N
15
NNE
15
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
WSW
15
WNW
25
NNW
20
N
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
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
light rain
rain showers
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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
Temp °C
15
15
15
17
17
17
15
14
13
13
15
16
17
17
15
15
15
14
15
16
18
18
15
Feels °C
11
12
11
12
12
11
10
10
9
9
12
12
13
13
11
12
12
12
14
14
15
13
11
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