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Long Beach surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 ACDT
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Long Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
16.4° C
 (Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Long Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 10AM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.5m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:30am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (17 Jan)4ft (1.2m)13s
Evening (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
3
1
0
1
2
4
3
3
2
2
1
2
3
3
3
1
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)131313131313141414151515151414141414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)543543466405352569648507658685714695836791589589581548412406357295295290
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
25
S
35
S
25
SSE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
20
ENE
20
NNE
5
WNW
25
S
25
SSE
20
ESE
20
E
15
E
30
ENE
15
ESE
15
E
25
E
20
ESE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:17AM
0.12
12:15PM
0.04
1:40AM
0.13
12:49PM
0.05
2:05AM
0.13
1:17PM
0.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:34AM
0.04
5:37PM
0.02
9:21AM
0.04
6:21PM
0.01
9:19AM
0.04
6:59PM
0.01
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise--6:07-------6:09-------6:09-----
Sunset------8:31-------8:30-------8:30-
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151416222221242320182026282626252423232122272824
Feels °C (?)111012201916191816141622272222211919171920232520
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