Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.98° N 9.42° W

Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Reef sea temperature is
17.8°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 (04 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 13s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 15s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for Reef at 9AM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am November 04). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (04 Nov)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (04 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Wed morning, min 12°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Friday
6
Sat
7
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
WNW
14
0.7
WNW
13
0.7
WNW
13
0.6
W
13
0.6
W
12
0.6
W
12
0.5
NW
15
0.5
NW
15
0.9
NW
13
0.8
NW
13
1
WNW
13
1.2
WNW
12
1.1
NW
12
1.1
NW
13
1.1
NW
12
1
NW
12
1
NW
12
0.9
NW
12
0.9
NW
12
0.8
NW
11
0.7
NW
11
0.6
NW
11
0.6
NW
11
0.6
NW
11
0.8
WSW
7
0.9
SW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
163
184
181
119
106
104
106
106
261
215
357
397
358
382
347
282
278
202
195
147
121
94
94
72
61
75
Wind (km/h)
15
E
15
E
15
E
5
NE
15
NNW
20
N
15
N
10
N
10
N
5
NNW
5
NW
10
W
10
W
10
NW
5
N
5
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
10
SW
5
E
10
SE
10
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
Wind State
off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:51AM2.56m
11:32PM2.42m
11:46AM2.66m
00:19AM2.57m
12:32PM2.74m
00:58AM2.70m
Low Tide
4:36AM0.76m
5:20PM0.48m
5:35AM0.61m
6:08PM0.38m
6:23AM0.47m
6:48PM0.30m
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Temp °C
13
12
12
17
17
15
14
14
14
14
16
17
17
15
15
14
14
13
13
16
17
15
16
16
16
15
Feels °C
8
7
7
14
12
11
10
11
12
12
14
14
14
13
14
13
13
11
10
13
15
14
14
14
13
11
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