The Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.93° N 9.42° W

The Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Reef sea temperature is
17.8°C
0.7° 

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 (05 Nov):

  • 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 The Reef at 11PM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

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

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Sun morning, min 13°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, strong winds from the SSE by Sun morning).

Thu
5
Friday
6
Saturday
7
Sun
8
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
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
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
0.6
NW
11
1
SW
7
1.3
SW
7
1.3
SW
7
1.2
SW
7
1.1
SW
7
1.1
SW
6
1
SW
6
1
SW
6
0.9
SW
6
0.5
NW
11
1
SSW
6
0.7
WNW
13
0.8
WNW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
358
382
347
282
278
202
195
147
96
85
167
171
135
113
88
73
68
56
58
70
154
189
Wind (km/h)
10
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
E
10
SE
15
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
25
SSE
30
SE
Wind State
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
00:19AM2.57m
12:32PM2.74m
00:58AM2.70m
1:13PM2.78m
1:34AM2.79m
Low Tide
6:08PM0.38m
6:23AM0.47m
6:48PM0.30m
7:04AM0.36m
7:23PM0.26m
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Temp °C
16
15
15
14
14
13
13
17
16
17
18
18
17
17
17
19
20
19
19
18
19
19
Feels °C
14
13
14
12
11
10
9
12
13
15
16
17
16
16
15
16
17
17
16
15
15
14
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