Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.15° S 139.80° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 am 11 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

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 (11 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 1PM is: 3.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30am September 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Sep)10ft (3.0m)15s
Afternoon (11 Sep)11ft (3.5m)16s
Evening (11 Sep)11ft (3.5m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Sat afternoon, min 10°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Fri morning, fresh winds from the N by Sun morning).

Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
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)
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3
4
4
3
3
3
2
1
1
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
3.5
SW
15
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
16
2.4
SW
16
2.3
SW
15
2.2
SW
15
2
WSW
15
2.1
WSW
16
1.9
SW
16
1.8
SW
16
1.8
WSW
16
1.7
SW
16
1.6
SW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3883
4166
4929
5478
6012
5849
5169
4645
4070
3548
3352
3001
2658
2433
2117
1737
2178
1869
1591
1629
1394
1074
Wind (km/h)
15
E
10
E
5
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
E
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
N
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NE
15
NE
20
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNW
30
N
25
NE
15
N
15
WNW
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
on
High Tide
12:33PM0.11m
00:28AM0.09m
12:43PM0.10m
00:53AM0.10m
12:52PM0.10m
Low Tide
5:53AM0.02m
6:50PM0.03m
6:27AM0.02m
6:49PM0.02m
6:57AM0.02m
6:56PM0.01m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:18
6:16
6:15
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:57
5:58
5:59
 mm
1
6
Temp °C
10
10
14
16
16
16
15
14
14
14
17
19
20
19
17
16
16
16
16
15
14
14
Feels °C
5
6
11
14
14
14
12
11
10
10
13
15
17
15
12
11
10
11
10
12
12
13
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