Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.98° N 9.42° W

Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 22 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Reef sea temperature is
19.9° C
0.7° 

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 Reef today (22 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 15s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Reef at 6AM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 22). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (22 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (22 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 33mm), heaviest during Sun morning. Warm (max 22°C on Sun afternoon, min 17°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Fri night, strong winds from the SW by Mon morning).

Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
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
3
!
!
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
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
WNW
9
0.6
WNW
9
0.5
WNW
9
0.5
W
9
0.5
W
9
0.5
W
9
0.4
WNW
9
1
WNW
15
1.9
WNW
13
2.3
WNW
12
2.2
W
11
1.9
WNW
11
1.7
WNW
10
1.8
W
10
1.8
W
10
1.9
W
9
2
WSW
9
2.2
SW
8
1.8
WSW
8
2.5
SW
8
2.5
WSW
8
2.3
WSW
8
2
WSW
8
1.7
W
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
59
58
42
38
39
39
31
445
1211
1444
1191
798
634
630
600
593
586
666
414
976
920
696
477
323
Wind (km/h)
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
30
SSE
35
S
35
S
30
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SW
35
SW
30
SW
20
WSW
15
W
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
High Tide
10:42PM1.88m
11:22AM2.03m
00:11AM1.94m
12:36PM2.16m
1:11AM2.08m
1:28PM2.34m
Low Tide
4:48AM1.16m
5:56PM1.07m
6:14AM1.07m
7:03PM0.92m
7:12AM0.91m
7:48PM0.74m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:56
6:56
6:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:22
8:22
8:21
 mm
1
10
9
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
17
17
17
19
20
21
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
22
22
21
21
21
20
21
22
22
21
21
Feels °C
15
15
17
19
19
19
19
19
19
18
17
16
17
20
18
17
18
17
15
16
19
20
20
21
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Reef surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest