Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.15° S 139.80° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 am 30 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.3°C
0.3° 

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 (30 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Aug, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Aug, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Aug, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 11AM is: 2.2m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 20s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30am August 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Aug)7ft (2.1m)13s
Afternoon (30 Aug)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Evening (30 Aug)7.5ft (2.3m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Mon night, min 10°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sun morning, strong winds from the NW by Tue morning).

Sunday
30
Monday
31
Tuesday
1
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)
4
4
3
2
3
5
5
5
5
5
4
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2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
SW
13
2.1
SW
13
2.3
SW
13
2.3
SW
13
2.3
SW
14
2.3
SW
14
2.4
SW
14
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2
SW
18
3
SW
18
3
SW
17
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.4
SW
16
2.2
SW
16
2
SW
15
1.9
SW
15
1.6
SW
15
2.4
WSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1266
1407
1626
1756
1975
2140
2261
3395
3395
3199
2485
5921
5435
4335
3784
3219
2692
2322
1741
1619
1045
2361
Wind (km/h)
5
SSE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
N
15
NW
10
NNW
15
N
20
N
30
N
30
N
40
NNW
40
NW
35
NNW
30
WNW
25
SW
Wind State
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
1:22PM0.11m
1:32AM0.10m
1:35PM0.10m
2:00AM0.11m
1:43PM0.09m
Low Tide
7:00AM0.01m
7:35PM0.02m
7:31AM0.02m
7:44PM0.01m
8:01AM0.03m
7:54PM0.01m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:33
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:46
5:47
5:49
 mm
1
Temp °C
10
10
12
12
12
11
11
11
11
11
14
15
16
17
15
13
13
15
16
15
15
13
Feels °C
9
9
10
10
10
9
9
9
8
8
11
12
14
14
10
7
7
7
8
9
10
9
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