Surf Forecasts:
Whites Reef surf forecast from 16 Sep 2026:
- Best quality surf: Tuesday 22 Sep, 1AM (local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 15s period, SW swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Tuesday 22 Sep, 1PM (local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 16s period, SSW swell with 1,900 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Tuesday 22 Sep, 1AM (local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 15s period with SW swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Whites Reef this week:
The surf forecast for Whites Reef over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Tuesday (Sep 22) at 1AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.6m and 15s period with a secondary swell of 0.3m and 13s. The wind is predicted to be cross-offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Whites Reef in the next 16 days are 1.9m 16s and forecast to arrive on Tuesday (Sep 22) at 1PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.0m 8s period and expected on Sunday (Sep 20) at 4PM.
| Wave Type | Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 1AM (Tue 22nd Sep) | 5ft (1.6m) 15s |
| Best Surf | 1AM (Tue 22nd Sep) | 5ft (1.6m) 15s |
| Most Powerful | 1PM (Tue 22nd Sep) | 6ft (1.9m) 16s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Whites Reef over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, Rusty here.
Alright, look, the next couple of weeks are a bit of a mixed bag for us here. We've just got one break on the radar, Whites Reef. It’s a reef setup, and it can be a bit particular. The water temp is sitting at a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, about 59°, so not a shock to the system.
Things get off to a slow start. For the first few days, from Wednesday the 16th through to Monday the 21st, it's pretty average. We’ve got some long-period, 15-second plus swell filling in, hitting around 3ft to 6ft, but the wind is all wrong. Cross-on and onshore winds are keeping things choppy and messy, and a lot of that energy is just getting blown out. The combined swell energy on Wednesday the 16th is 1700 – a solid amount of power – but the wind is just killing it. You’d be fighting a losing battle. Not worth the effort.
There’s a gap of a couple of days where it’s just not on, but then things start to look up. The standout window is Tuesday the 22nd. We get a proper clean-up. The wind swings light offshore from the East (9 mph), and we’ve got a nice long-period SSW groundswell, 6ft to 6ft. The combined energy on Tuesday morning is 1341, and on the afternoon it’s 1787. That’s substantial, powerful, long-period groundswell. For a reef like Whites, which likes a W direction but this is SSW, it’s still going to wrap in nicely. That early Tuesday session is absolute gold for experienced surfers. Best wave of the whole run.
After that, it fades. Wednesday the 23rd is okay but dropping, and then from Thursday the 24th through to the end of September, it’s just small and weak. Swell drops to 1ft to 3ft. A few mornings on the 27th and 28th have clean conditions with light offshore or even glassy winds, but the energy is in the 150 to 700 range, which is weak. You might get a fun little longboard wave, but don't get your hopes up.
The first couple of days of October are a bit of a tease. On the 1st, a new SSW swell bumps back up to 5ft - 5ft, but the wind is cross-on again, and the forecast is poor. By then we’re a full 16 days out, so take that with a big grain of salt.
So, the play is simple: Tuesday the 22nd of September is your day. Get on it. Past that, the window for the rest of the run looks pretty quiet, with small clean days but nothing with any real punch.
- Rusty
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri morning, min 7°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Wed night, fresh winds from the NW by Fri night). | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Sun morning, min 8°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WNW on Sun afternoon, light winds from the SSE by Mon night). | |||||||||||||||||||
Wed 16 | Thursday 17 | Friday 18 | Saturday 19 | Sunday 20 | Monday 21 | Tuesday 22 | ||||||||||||||
PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 17 | SW 16 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | SW 16 | SW 14 | SW 14 | WSW 13 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SSW 16 | SW 15 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 1289 | 953 | 573 | 471 | 507 | 702 | 612 | 635 | 520 | 307 | 683 | 407 | 331 | 529 | 1082 | 1124 | 1124 | 1341 | 1787 | 1006 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 3:06AM0.18m | 1:44PM0.14m | 3:36AM0.17m | 1:43PM0.14m | 4:11AM0.16m | 1:28PM0.14m | 5:03AM0.14m | 11:59AM0.15m | 11:44AM0.16m | 1:31AM0.08m | ||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:05PM-0.00m | 8:56AM0.09m | 8:25PM0.00m | 9:12AM0.10m | 8:44PM0.01m | 9:19AM0.12m | 8:59PM0.02m | 8:47AM0.13m | 9:08PM0.03m | 9:01PM0.04m | 8:10PM0.06m | |||||||||
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 | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — |
 | 6:23 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:25 | — | — | 6:27 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:29 | — | — | 6:30 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 12 |
Feels °C | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 17 | SW 16 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | SW 16 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SSW 18 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SSW 16 | SW 15 |
| kJ | 1289 | 953 | 573 | 471 | 507 | 702 | 612 | 635 | 520 | 307 | 683 | 407 | 331 | 31 | 1082 | 1124 | 1124 | 1341 | 1787 | 1006 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 15 | SSW 14 | — | WSW 14 | SSW 20 | SW 17 | — | — | W 20 | SW 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 13 | — | — | — |
| kJ | 411 | 478 | — | 250 | 39 | 291 | — | — | 8 | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 32 | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 5 | WNW 6 | — | — | — | — | NW 7 | W 8 | WSW 13 | — | — | — | — | — | E 5 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 29 | — | — | — | — | 28 | 127 | 529 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 444 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 204 | 226 | 204 | 204 | 19 | 218 | 218 | 243 | 444 | 326 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 63 |
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