Southend Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 55.30° N 5.62° W

Southend Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 05 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Southend Reef sea temperature is
14.5° C
0.0° 

Southend 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 Southend Reef today (05 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 6s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Southend Reef at 7AM is: 0.8m 4s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 05). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Aug)1ft (0.3m)5s
Afternoon (05 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)5s
Evening (05 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri afternoon, min 12°C on Wed afternoon). Winds decreasing (near gales from the WNW on Wed afternoon, calm by Fri afternoon).

Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
Friday
7
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSE
6
0.3
SSE
6
0.8
W
4
0.4
S
4
0.2
S
5
0.2
S
5
2.5
WNW
7
0.1
S
6
0.1
S
6
0.1
S
6
0.1
S
6
0.1
W
10
0.1
W
10
0.1
W
10
0.1
W
10
0.1
W
10
0.1
W
10
0.5
W
5
0.4
SW
3
0.4
SSW
3
0.4
SSW
3
0.5
S
3
0.5
S
4
0.6
S
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
10
6
22
6
2
2
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
13
2
4
3
5
6
9
Wind (km/h)
25
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
WNW
40
WNW
45
WNW
50
WNW
45
WNW
40
NW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
5
E
5
ESE
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
glassy
cross-on
High Tide
4:54AM2.17m
5:36PM1.96m
5:43AM2.07m
6:28PM1.92m
6:42AM1.99m
7:28PM1.90m
Low Tide
10:42PM0.62m
11:20AM0.38m
11:33PM0.65m
12:11PM0.46m
00:33AM0.68m
1:11PM0.54m
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5:35
5:37
5:39
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9:19
9:16
9:15
 mm
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
14
14
14
14
13
13
12
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
14
14
14
13
13
13
16
17
16
17
Feels °C
10
10
9
8
5
4
2
4
5
6
7
7
8
8
11
12
11
10
9
9
13
14
16
16
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