Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.15° S 139.80° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 2 am 20 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.1° C
0.2° 

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 (20 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Aug, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 13s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 16s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 8AM is: 2.3m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.2m 17s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30am August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)7ft (2.2m)13s
Afternoon (20 Aug)8ft (2.5m)16s
Evening (20 Aug)10ft (3.0m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Thu morning, min 12°C on Sat morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Thu morning, light winds from the WNW by Sat night).

Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
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12 PM
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6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
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12 PM
3 PM
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Rating
(10 max)
0
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1
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0
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Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.2
W
9
3
W
13
2.4
WSW
13
2.2
WSW
13
2.5
W
16
2.5
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
1.9
WSW
16
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
788
2904
1930
1521
3691
3577
3800
4001
1743
4015
3805
3334
3083
3550
5691
5894
6211
6308
6228
5140
4936
4255
4255
4033
Wind (km/h)
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
NNW
35
NW
30
W
25
WSW
20
W
25
W
25
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
W
25
W
20
W
20
WSW
20
W
25
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
3:47AM0.10m
2:04PM0.09m
4:34AM0.09m
1:44PM0.09m
5:52AM0.08m
12:48PM0.09m
Low Tide
9:08AM0.06m
9:04PM0.01m
9:19AM0.07m
9:20PM0.01m
8:18AM0.08m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:48
6:48
6:46
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5:38
5:39
5:40
 mm
1
2
Temp °C
14
13
13
14
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
14
14
13
13
13
13
13
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12
12
Feels °C
9
8
9
9
6
7
8
8
7
7
8
8
8
9
10
9
9
9
8
9
8
9
9
10
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