Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.15° S 139.80° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 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 3PM is: 3.0m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30am August 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

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 5mm), 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 N on Mon morning, strong winds from the WNW by Wed night).

Monday
31
Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
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
4
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2
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
!
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
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
2.1
SW
15
2
SW
15
1.6
SW
15
1.7
SW
15
2.2
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
3.5
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3395
3158
2485
5921
5435
4335
3784
3427
3021
2322
1885
1718
1124
1237
1983
3035
3738
4474
4650
4523
4423
5413
Wind (km/h)
10
E
10
NE
10
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
20
N
30
N
30
N
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NW
25
WNW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
Wind State
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
cross-on
High Tide
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
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<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
3
1
Temp °C
11
11
14
16
16
16
15
13
13
15
16
14
15
14
12
12
12
12
13
13
13
13
Feels °C
8
8
12
14
14
13
10
7
6
7
9
9
11
11
8
7
7
8
7
7
6
6
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