Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.15° S 139.80° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 2 am 31 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 8AM is: 2.5m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.4m 19s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30am August 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-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 6mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Mon afternoon, min 11°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the NE on Mon morning, strong winds from the WNW by Wed night).

Monday
31
Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
5
4
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2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
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
2.5
SW
16
2.2
SW
16
2
SW
15
1.9
SW
15
1.7
SW
15
2.2
WSW
15
2.2
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
15
3
SW
15
3
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
15
3.5
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2261
3395
3395
3158
2485
5921
5435
4335
3784
3427
3021
2322
1741
1619
1237
2111
1983
2958
3076
3461
4022
4429
4485
5413
Wind (km/h)
10
ESE
5
E
10
E
10
NE
10
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
20
N
30
N
30
N
40
NNW
35
NW
35
NW
25
WNW
20
SSW
20
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
25
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
High Tide
1:32AM0.10m
1:35PM0.10m
2:00AM0.11m
1:43PM0.09m
2:29AM0.11m
1:45PM0.09m
Low Tide
7:31AM0.02m
7:44PM0.01m
8:01AM0.03m
7:54PM0.01m
8:29AM0.04m
8:05PM0.00m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:33
6:33
6:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:47
5:49
5:50
 mm
2
1
1
Temp °C
11
11
11
11
14
16
16
16
15
13
14
15
16
14
16
14
12
12
12
12
13
13
14
13
Feels °C
9
9
8
8
11
13
14
13
10
7
7
7
9
8
11
11
8
6
7
7
7
7
8
6
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