Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.98° N 9.42° W

Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Reef sea temperature is
17.8°C
0.6° 

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 (05 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 13s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 12s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 12s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for Reef at 9AM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am November 05). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Afternoon (05 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (05 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 20°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, fresh winds from the SE by Sat night).

Thursday
5
Friday
6
Saturday
7
Sun
8
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)
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
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
1
WSW
7
1.2
SW
7
1.2
SW
7
1.1
SW
7
1
SW
6
0.9
SW
6
0.9
SW
6
0.5
NW
10
0.5
NW
11
0.5
NW
11
0.7
WNW
13
0.7
WNW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
261
215
357
397
358
382
347
282
278
202
195
147
121
94
105
156
147
114
79
62
49
52
58
63
147
151
Wind (km/h)
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
W
10
WNW
10
NW
5
N
5
E
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
30
SE
30
SE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:46AM2.66m
00:19AM2.57m
12:32PM2.74m
00:58AM2.70m
1:13PM2.78m
1:34AM2.79m
Low Tide
5:35AM0.61m
6:08PM0.38m
6:23AM0.47m
6:48PM0.30m
7:04AM0.36m
7:23PM0.26m
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Temp °C
14
14
15
16
17
16
15
14
13
12
13
15
18
17
17
17
17
17
17
19
20
19
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18
18
18
Feels °C
12
12
13
14
14
14
14
12
10
8
9
11
14
14
15
15
15
16
15
16
17
17
17
15
13
14
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