Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.15° S 139.80° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 pm 12 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.5°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 (13 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 4AM is: 2.0m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 19s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 08:30pm September 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Sep)6ft (1.9m)16s
Afternoon (13 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)16s
Evening (13 Sep)5ft (1.6m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Sat night, min 11°C on Tue afternoon). Mainly fresh winds.

Sat
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
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)
4
4
3
3
3
1
3
3
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.4
SW
16
2.3
SW
15
2.2
SW
15
2
WSW
15
2.1
SW
16
1.9
SW
16
1.8
SW
16
1.7
SW
16
1.7
WSW
16
1.6
SW
15
1.6
SW
14
1.4
SW
14
1.4
SW
14
1.3
WSW
14
1.2
WSW
14
1.2
WSW
13
1.1
WSW
12
1.7
WSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2844
2433
2117
1737
2119
1869
1591
1449
1305
1074
1031
811
711
653
493
451
371
838
Wind (km/h)
10
NNE
15
NE
15
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNW
10
NNW
25
NNE
20
WNW
15
W
20
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
25
WNW
25
W
25
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
00:53AM0.10m
12:52PM0.10m
1:18AM0.11m
1:01PM0.09m
Low Tide
6:49PM0.02m
6:57AM0.02m
6:56PM0.01m
7:24AM0.02m
7:08PM0.00m
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:15
6:13
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:59
5:59
 mm
5
6
Temp °C
19
20
18
16
17
15
14
16
14
13
13
13
13
13
14
15
15
13
Feels °C
15
16
13
10
12
10
13
12
11
10
10
10
9
9
10
10
10
8
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