Long Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's coming down the pipe for our stretch of coast.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you: the next week or so is a bit of a battle. We're looking at a long stretch where the conditions just aren't playing nice. The wave energy is all over the place, but the wind is the real killer here. From Monday afternoon all the way through to Saturday the 20th, we're seeing strong to near gale-force cross-offshore winds that are just trashing any chance of a decent wave. Sure, the swell is sometimes there—we get a 8ft NW windswell on Tuesday morning and a 10ft SW groundswell on Wednesday morning—but with that wind howling, it's all chop and whitewater. Not worth paddling out for.

The saving grace, if you can call it that, comes later. Let's be real, the only window that's got any real promise is around Thursday the 24th and into Friday the 25th. After all that wind, things finally start to settle.

Long Beach (sandbar)

On Thursday the 24th, the afternoon session is where it's at. We've got a clean 5ft swell from the SW with a nice 12-second period pushing in. The water temp is sitting at a bit colder than normal, around 58°, but you won't care when you see it. The wind drops right off to a light breeze, making for clean, lined-up waves. The combined energy is a moderate 754, nothing crazy, but it's all about quality over quantity here. This is the one standout in the whole forecast. The crowd factor is "often," so expect a few locals out, but it'll be worth jostling for a peak.

Moving into Friday the 25th, the morning is a bit lumpy with a light cross-onshore, but the afternoon shows some real promise. We get a fresh offshore breeze from the S, cleaning up a 4ft SW swell with 11-second period. The energy is lower at 473, but with that glassy wind, the waves will be peeling nicely. It's a marginal call, but if you're flexible, that Friday arvo could be a sneaky good one.

After that, it's back to the wind machine from Saturday the 26th onwards. We see another big near gale event, so we're looking at a dry spell right through to the end of the month. The final session on Tuesday the 29th shows a clean 4ft SW swell with a light breeze, but it's a long way off and the energy is weak. Something to keep an eye on, but for now, pencil in Thursday the 24th afternoon and Friday the 25th afternoon as your best bets.

Rusty out.

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