Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.15° S 139.80° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 am 24 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.5°C
0.7° 

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 (24 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 13s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 13s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 13s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 3PM is: 1.7m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30am September 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Sep)6ft (1.9m)13s
Afternoon (24 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Evening (24 Sep)5ft (1.5m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 21°C on Thu afternoon, min 9°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu afternoon, fresh winds from the SE by Sat afternoon).

Thursday
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
3
2
1
1
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
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Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
SW
14
1.9
WSW
13
1.8
SW
13
1.7
WSW
13
1.6
SW
13
1.5
WSW
13
1.4
SW
13
1.4
SW
13
1.4
SW
12
1.3
WSW
12
1.4
SW
14
1.4
SW
14
1.5
SW
14
1.6
SW
14
1.6
SW
14
1.7
SW
14
1.7
SW
14
1.4
SW
20
1.6
SW
19
2.2
SW
19
3
SW
18
3.5
SW
17
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1347
1235
1110
918
803
737
658
647
617
504
777
754
816
951
1094
1187
1073
1436
1826
3243
5169
6851
Wind (km/h)
20
NNE
20
N
20
NNW
15
NNW
5
W
5
SE
10
SE
5
SW
5
SE
10
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
S
30
SSE
30
SE
35
SE
25
SE
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-on
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:43AM0.11m
11:54PM0.07m
12:00PM0.11m
00:08AM0.09m
12:17PM0.11m
Low Tide
4:52AM0.03m
6:31PM0.03m
5:29AM0.02m
6:25PM0.02m
5:59AM0.02m
6:27PM0.02m
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cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
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light rain
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:58
5:56
5:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:07
6:07
6:08
 mm
1
2
2
Temp °C
16
16
18
20
21
20
19
18
15
15
15
14
14
13
11
11
11
11
12
11
10
10
Feels °C
11
12
14
17
19
18
16
16
14
14
14
12
12
11
8
9
8
7
6
5
3
4
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