The Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.93° N 9.42° W

The Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 30 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Reef sea temperature is
20.3° C
0.2° 

The Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at The Reef today (30 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Reef at 10PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm July 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jul)--
Afternoon (30 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (30 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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

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Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Sat morning, min 17°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.

Thu
30
Friday
31
Saturday
1
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
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
WNW
10
0.4
WNW
10
0.4
WNW
9
0.4
WNW
9
0.4
NW
8
0.4
NW
8
0.3
WNW
9
0.8
NNW
4
1
NNW
4
1.1
NNW
5
0.6
W
10
1.1
NNW
6
1.1
NNW
6
0.8
W
9
0.7
W
9
1
NNW
7
1
NNW
7
0.7
W
9
0.7
W
9
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
36
35
32
29
18
15
16
18
39
59
75
87
83
103
85
93
93
73
76
Wind (km/h)
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
25
N
20
N
15
N
20
N
30
NNW
30
N
30
N
30
N
25
N
15
N
15
N
20
N
25
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
4:15PM2.87m
4:34AM2.62m
4:47PM2.90m
5:06AM2.63m
5:19PM2.89m
Low Tide
10:28PM0.29m
10:31AM0.33m
11:00PM0.26m
11:03AM0.32m
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
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Temp °C
20
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Feels °C
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