Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.15° S 139.80° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 2 am 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.6°C
0.7° 

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 (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 16ft (5.0m), 11s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 13s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 5AM is: 4.0m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 3.5m 15s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30am September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)15ft (4.5m)15s
Afternoon (05 Sep)16ft (5.0m)11s
Evening (05 Sep)13ft (4.0m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Very mild (max 13°C on Sat morning, min 8°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the W on Sat afternoon, light winds from the E by Mon night).

Saturday
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
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2
1
0
1
2
2
2
3
3
5
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
SW
15
3.5
WSW
15
4
WSW
15
4.5
WSW
15
4.5
WSW
15
5
WSW
11
4.5
WSW
12
4
WSW
13
4
WSW
14
4
WSW
14
4
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
13
3
WSW
13
2.5
WSW
12
2.2
WSW
12
2.2
WSW
13
2.2
WSW
13
2
WSW
13
1.9
SW
13
1.8
SW
13
1.8
SW
13
2
SW
14
2.1
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5696
5821
7090
8631
9007
5764
5742
5407
5851
5851
5508
4312
3805
2986
2138
1361
1597
1699
1359
1230
1109
1197
1429
1633
Wind (km/h)
35
NNW
40
NW
50
WNW
45
WNW
45
W
50
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
15
SW
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
ESE
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
4:28AM0.10m
12:25PM0.09m
11:49AM0.10m
11:44AM0.11m
Low Tide
8:55AM0.08m
8:43PM0.00m
8:47PM0.01m
8:40PM0.02m
cloud
clear
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:26
6:24
6:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:52
5:52
5:53
 mm
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
15
15
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
12
12
12
12
13
13
12
12
13
12
12
12
10
9
Feels °C
9
8
3
4
4
4
6
7
8
8
8
10
9
9
9
8
7
7
9
7
7
7
6
5
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