Yellow Rock Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 19.78° N 70.51° W

Issued: 1 am 20 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Yellow Rock Reef sea temperature is

29.8°C

Yellow Rock 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 Yellow Rock Reef today (20 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 12s period with N swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 12s period with N swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 12s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Yellow Rock Reef at 9AM is: 2.0m 12s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Oct)	6.5ft (2.0m)	12s
Afternoon (20 Oct)	6ft (1.9m)	12s
Evening (20 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	12s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 24mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 29°C on Tue morning, min 24°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 20								Wednesday 21								Thursday 22
	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 13	N 13	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 13
Wave Graph
kJ	1121	1173	1209	1170	1036	900	870	724	621	546	381	332	264	218	235	242	284	279	284	274	274	218	214	218
Wind (km/h)	SE	SSE	SSE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ESE	SSW	SW	SSW	S	NE	N	N	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	NNE	NE	ESE	SE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	glassy	off	cross-off	cross-off	on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	glassy	off	glassy	glassy	on	on	cross	cross	cross-off
High Tide		3:41AM0.44m				4:09PM0.59m				4:39AM0.49m				4:55PM0.58m					5:29AM0.55m				5:39PM0.58m
Low Tide				9:34AM0.22m				10:46PM0.22m				10:36AM0.22m					11:22PM0.20m				11:35AM0.21m


	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:13	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	1	7	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	5	1
Temp °C	25	25	25	29	29	29	26	25	25	25	25	28	28	28	26	26	25	25	25	28	28	27	25	24
Feels °C	28	29	28	31	31	31	29	29	29	29	29	31	30	31	30	30	28	29	29	31	31	30	27	27
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 13	N 13	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 10
kJ	1121	1173	1209	1170	1036	900	870	724	621	546	381	332	264	218	235	242	284	279	284	274	274	218	214	218
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NE 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 3	N 14	N 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 9	NNE 9	N 13	N 13	N 13
kJ	51	31	24	24	23	22	12	12	12	4	142	86	135	130	106	114	56	86	80	59	58	126	166	209
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 9	NNE 15	—	—	NE 14	—	E 8	E 8	N 15	N 11	E 8	ESE 4	ESE 4	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 11	NNE 10	NE 10	NE 10
kJ	22	24	22	—	—	8	—	1	1	38	62	11	3	2	5	10	10	10	10	10	2	65	48	47
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 3	E 8	E 3	E 4	ESE 3	SE 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 7	ESE 3	SE 4	SE 4
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	6	33	6	6	4	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10	4	11	24
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2
Distance (km)	1	0	0	3	287	3	1	0	0	0	0	19	48	285	0	0	0	0	0	48	285	1	1	0
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4		3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2		2	2	2	2	2	2		2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4		3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2		2	2	2	2	2	2		2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	9	9	8	9	8	6	5	5	6	5	5	6	6	6	5

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