Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.15° S 139.80° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 pm 28 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.2°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 (29 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Aug, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 14s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 3AM is: 2.3m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30pm August 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Aug)7ft (2.2m)14s
Afternoon (29 Aug)6ft (1.9m)13s
Evening (29 Aug)6ft (1.9m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 15°C on Mon afternoon, min 10°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
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
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
5
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
15
2.3
WSW
14
2.3
WSW
14
2.2
WSW
14
2.1
WSW
14
1.9
SW
13
1.9
SW
13
1.9
SW
13
1.9
SW
13
1.9
SW
13
2
SW
13
2.1
SW
13
2.3
SW
13
2.3
SW
13
2.3
SW
14
2.3
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3887
3374
2771
2243
2212
2025
1735
1308
1269
1164
1147
1204
1266
1407
1600
1730
1975
2004
Wind (km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SE
10
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
S
5
SSE
5
SE
0
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
00:42AM0.08m
1:07PM0.12m
1:06AM0.09m
1:22PM0.11m
Low Tide
7:22PM0.03m
6:30AM0.01m
7:27PM0.02m
7:00AM0.01m
7:35PM0.02m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:37
6:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:46
5:46
 mm
Temp °C
13
13
12
11
11
10
12
12
11
11
11
11
11
11
12
12
12
12
Feels °C
10
11
11
10
10
8
9
9
8
8
9
10
10
11
10
9
10
10
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Long Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest