The Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.93° N 9.42° W

The Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Reef sea temperature is
17.9°C
1.9° 

The 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 The Reef today (04 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Reef at 11PM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 04). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)--
Afternoon (04 Oct)5ft (1.6m)9s
Evening (04 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Sun afternoon, min 18°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Sun
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
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
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
NNW
9
1.5
NNW
9
1.3
NNW
9
1.3
NNW
11
1.3
NNW
11
1.3
NNW
9
1.4
NNW
9
1.3
NNW
8
1.3
NNW
10
1.1
NNW
10
1
NNW
10
0.9
NNW
10
0.9
NNW
10
0.9
NW
10
0.9
NW
10
0.6
NW
10
0.6
NW
10
0.7
NW
11
0.8
NW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
370
354
292
412
412
280
297
249
333
270
225
178
171
142
142
76
58
114
140
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
15
N
10
NNE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
SE
10
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
15
SSE
15
S
20
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
High Tide
10:36PM2.10m
11:05AM2.39m
11:58PM2.24m
12:17PM2.57m
Low Tide
4:13PM0.80m
4:41AM0.93m
5:43PM0.66m
6:01AM0.77m
6:47PM0.46m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
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7:35
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7:37
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7:15
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7:15
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7:13
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2
1
1
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Temp °C
22
21
22
22
21
20
20
22
22
20
20
19
19
19
20
20
20
19
19
Feels °C
21
20
22
20
20
19
19
23
21
20
21
20
19
19
19
19
20
20
19
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