Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.15° S 139.80° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 pm 30 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.3°C
0.4° 

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


How big are the waves at Long Beach today (31 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (31 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Aug, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 18s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Aug, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 1AM is: 2.5m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30pm August 30). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 5.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Aug)8ft (2.5m)15s
Afternoon (31 Aug)10ft (3.0m)18s
Evening (31 Aug)10ft (3.0m)16s

Table - waves today at Long Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Mon afternoon, min 10°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Sun night, fresh winds from the N by Tue morning).

Sun
30
Monday
31
Tuesday
1
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
Rating
(10 max)
3
5
5
5
5
5
4
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2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
SW
14
2.3
SW
14
2.4
SW
14
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2
SW
18
3
SW
18
3
SW
17
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.4
SW
16
2.2
SW
16
2
SW
15
1.9
SW
15
1.6
SW
15
1.7
SW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1975
2140
2261
3395
3395
3158
2485
5921
5435
4335
3784
3427
2881
2322
1741
1619
1124
1237
Wind (km/h)
15
S
10
SSE
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
E
10
NE
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNE
20
N
30
N
30
N
40
N
35
NNW
35
NW
30
WNW
20
SSW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
1:32AM0.10m
1:35PM0.10m
2:00AM0.11m
1:43PM0.09m
Low Tide
7:35PM0.02m
7:31AM0.02m
7:44PM0.01m
8:01AM0.03m
7:54PM0.01m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:33
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:47
5:49
 mm
2
Temp °C
11
11
11
11
10
11
14
15
16
16
15
13
14
15
16
14
15
13
Feels °C
8
9
9
9
7
8
12
12
14
13
10
7
7
7
9
7
10
9
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