Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.15° S 139.80° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 am 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.8°C
0.9° 

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 (27 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 12PM is: 3.0m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30am September 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)10ft (3.0m)16s
Afternoon (27 Sep)8ft (2.5m)16s
Evening (27 Sep)7ft (2.2m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 28°C on Tue afternoon, min 6°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Tue morning, light winds from the W by Tue night).

Sunday
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
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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)
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3
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
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Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.4
SW
15
2.2
SW
15
2.3
SW
14
2.2
SW
14
2.1
SW
14
2
SW
14
1.8
SW
14
1.7
SW
13
1.7
SW
13
1.6
SW
13
1.3
SW
17
2.1
SW
17
2
SW
16
1.9
SW
16
1.8
SW
16
1.8
SW
16
1.9
SW
15
1.9
SW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4780
4189
3745
3021
2590
2089
2247
1956
1665
1528
1226
999
969
790
962
2386
1968
1809
1634
1613
1697
1654
Wind (km/h)
20
ESE
25
ESE
20
SE
30
SSE
30
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
10
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
25
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
30
N
30
N
20
N
10
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
on
High Tide
12:32PM0.10m
00:49AM0.11m
12:43PM0.09m
1:13AM0.12m
12:51PM0.08m
Low Tide
6:31AM0.02m
6:32PM0.01m
7:02AM0.02m
6:39PM0.01m
7:32AM0.02m
6:49PM0.00m
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Temp °C
8
9
12
13
11
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7
6
6
8
14
17
18
19
18
17
17
19
25
28
27
21
Feels °C
3
3
7
6
4
2
1
0
1
5
10
14
15
14
12
11
11
13
19
22
23
20
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