The Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 26.78° S 153.15° E

The Reef, Australia Weather Observations

Issued: 3 am 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Reef sea temperature is
22.7°C
0.5° 

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

Current weather conditions and live observations for The Reef based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in The Reef right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near The Reef

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

Caloundra

6 km WSW10 m above sea level

41 minutes ago
dry
5
calm
(3 km/h at 257°)
10
24 °C-
-
-
-
0

Maroochydore Automatic Weather Station

21 km NW4 m above sea level

1 hour ago
clearno report
5
light winds from the SW
(7 km/h at 220°)
13.5 °C-
-
-
overcast
-

Nambour Dpi -Hillside

26 km WNW54 m above sea level

39 minutes ago
No report
15
light winds from the NW
(17 km/h at 310°)
22.5 °C-
-
-
no observation
-

BeerburrumForestStation

27 km SSW48 m above sea level

1 hour ago
no report
wind obs. (6 kph from 360 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
13.3 °C-
-
-
no observation
-

Tewantin

46 km NW168 m above sea level

1 hour ago
no report
wind obs. (6 kph from 250 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
15.7 °C-
-
-
no observation
-

lightning 22km W of Nambour

44 km W323 m above sea level

2 hours ago
thunderstorm Thunderstorm

(- km/h at -°)
°C


Tewantin

46 km NW168 m above sea level

1 hour ago
no report
wind obs. (6 kph from 250 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
15.7 °C-
-
-
no observation
-

Redcliffe

48 km S13 m above sea level

39 minutes ago
no report
0
calm
(2 km/h at 220°)
15.5 °C-
-

-

lightning 24km W of Tewantin

54 km WNW292 m above sea level

2 hours ago
thunderstorm Thunderstorm

(- km/h at -°)
°C


lightning 25km WNW of Yandina

54 km WNW175 m above sea level

2 hours ago
thunderstorm Thunderstorm

(- km/h at -°)
°C


* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to The Reef and within an acceptable time window.

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