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Long Beach surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 18 Feb 2026 ACDT
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Long Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.7° C
 (Which is 2.9°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Long Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 5PM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30am February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)11ft (3.5m)14s
Afternoon (18 Feb)11ft (3.5m)14s
Evening (18 Feb)10ft (3.0m)13s

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

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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
0
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2
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141313121213131313131414151515151414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)424943394155376133692846250625062406244524832522260129303777461447394368388331102724205017331387
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
15
W
15
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
15
SW
15
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NW
20
W
20
SW
20
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		onononononononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:57PM
0.07
2:30AM
0.12
2:22PM
0.09
2:45AM
0.12
2:48PM
0.10
2:56AM
0.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:50AM
0.03
7:43PM
0.01
8:55AM
0.02
8:15PM
0.01
9:01AM
0.02
8:46PM
0.01
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
Sunrise6:43-------6:43-------6:45-------
Sunset----8:05-------8:04-------8:01---
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161717181716161616171818171616151621191917161615
Feels °C (?)121413141515151616161716151414141520171715151514
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