Petes Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.54° N 4.24° W

Petes Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 16 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Petes Reef sea temperature is
18.2°C
2.5° 

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 (17 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 7s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 7s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 7s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Petes Reef at 3AM is: 2.1m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)6ft (1.8m)7s
Afternoon (17 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Evening (17 Sep)6ft (1.8m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat morning, min 14°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the WNW on Thu night, strong winds from the SW by Fri afternoon).

Wed
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
W
10
1.1
W
10
1.4
WSW
5
1.8
WSW
6
2.2
WSW
7
2
W
7
1.7
W
7
1.7
W
7
1.8
W
7
1.8
W
7
1.7
W
7
1.7
W
7
1.5
W
7
1.5
W
7
1.4
WSW
7
1.6
WSW
6
2.1
WSW
6
2.5
WSW
7
2.2
WSW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
302
250
109
222
420
427
320
311
348
329
290
303
238
231
191
176
344
706
540
Wind (km/h)
25
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
W
30
W
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
30
WSW
40
WSW
45
SW
40
WSW
35
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
10:15PM7.24m
10:31AM6.98m
10:52PM6.59m
11:11AM6.37m
Low Tide
3:58PM1.23m
4:14AM1.59m
4:33PM1.81m
4:50AM2.19m
5:15PM2.43m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:54
6:54
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7:30
7:28
7:24
 mm
2
1
2
2
Temp °C
15
15
15
16
16
16
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14
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15
15
16
15
17
17
Feels °C
10
10
9
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10
11
9
8
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10
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