Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.15° S 139.80° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 2 am 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.5°C
0.6° 

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 (09 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 16ft (5.0m), 19s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 16ft (5.0m), 18s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 16ft (5.0m), 17s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 5AM is: 3.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 2.3m 20s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 2.2m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30am September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)16ft (5.0m)19s
Afternoon (09 Sep)16ft (5.0m)18s
Evening (09 Sep)16ft (5.0m)17s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 16°C on Fri afternoon, min 9°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Wed morning, light winds from the SE by Wed night).

Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
Friday
11
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
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
4
SW
16
5
SW
19
5
SW
18
5
SW
18
5
SW
17
5
SW
17
5
SW
17
4.5
SW
17
4.5
SW
16
4.5
SW
16
4
SW
16
4
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
15
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
3
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4888
4703
7047
17539
15863
15162
14818
14647
13674
12152
10711
9189
7812
7085
6148
4958
4368
3883
3883
3936
4569
5547
5938
5707
Wind (km/h)
40
S
35
S
30
S
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
00:40AM0.04m
12:10PM0.12m
00:02AM0.06m
12:22PM0.11m
00:12AM0.07m
12:33PM0.11m
Low Tide
4:21AM0.03m
7:32PM0.03m
5:18AM0.02m
7:01PM0.03m
5:53AM0.02m
6:50PM0.03m
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:20
6:18
6:18
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:54
5:55
5:57
 mm
Temp °C
11
11
10
11
11
10
10
10
9
9
9
9
12
12
11
11
11
10
10
10
14
16
15
15
Feels °C
2
2
2
3
3
3
5
6
6
6
6
6
8
7
7
6
7
6
6
6
11
13
12
12
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Long Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest