Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.15° S 139.80° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
15.0°C
1.0° 

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 (08 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 10PM is: 2.2m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)--
Afternoon (08 Oct)7ft (2.2m)16s
Evening (08 Oct)7ft (2.1m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 23°C on Thu afternoon, min 12°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the N on Fri afternoon, light winds from the NW by Sat night).

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
2
2
2
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.4
SW
15
2.1
SW
16
2.1
SW
16
2.2
SW
16
2.1
SW
16
2.1
SW
16
2.3
SW
16
2.4
SW
16
2.4
SW
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.2
SW
16
2.2
SW
15
2.1
SW
15
2
SW
15
1.9
SW
15
1.9
SW
15
1.7
WSW
16
3
WSW
11
3.5
WSW
13
3.5
WSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2523
2214
2415
2600
2328
2328
2676
3067
2992
3237
2383
2146
1835
1672
1446
1753
1515
1846
3687
4033
Wind (km/h)
25
N
20
N
15
NE
25
NE
35
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNW
10
NNW
20
N
40
N
35
NW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
30
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
High Tide
00:43AM0.08m
12:40PM0.09m
00:55AM0.10m
12:49PM0.09m
Low Tide
7:02PM0.03m
6:30AM0.03m
6:45PM0.03m
7:02AM0.03m
6:46PM0.02m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
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6:33
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7:20
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7:21
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7:22
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2
7
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1
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Temp °C
21
23
23
19
20
19
18
16
15
15
15
14
13
13
14
14
15
15
14
14
Feels °C
15
18
19
12
11
12
12
14
12
8
10
8
6
6
7
7
8
10
12
12
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