Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.15° S 139.80° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 2 am 06 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.1° C
0.1° 

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 (06 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Aug, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Aug, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 15s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 5AM is: 1.6m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30am August 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Aug)5.5ft (1.7m)16s
Afternoon (06 Aug)5ft (1.6m)16s
Evening (06 Aug)6.5ft (2.0m)15s

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 17°C on Fri afternoon, min 10°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Thu night, fresh winds from the N by Sat morning).

Thursday
6
Friday
7
Saturday
8
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)
3
3
3
1
2
2
3
5
5
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6
!
3
3
!
4
3
3
2
1
0
1
3
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SW
17
1.6
SW
16
1.7
WSW
16
1.7
WSW
16
1.7
WSW
16
1.6
WSW
16
1.7
WSW
18
2
WSW
15
2.4
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
1.8
WSW
18
2.3
WSW
14
3
WSW
17
2.5
WSW
17
2.5
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.4
WSW
16
2.4
WSW
16
2.4
WSW
15
2.4
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1384
1240
1373
1498
1341
1273
1859
1833
2578
4334
3415
4640
2213
2118
4583
4206
3726
3614
2821
2750
2578
2411
3030
2680
Wind (km/h)
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
10
NW
15
SSW
10
S
5
ESE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
20
N
20
N
15
NNE
20
NNE
25
N
20
N
30
N
35
N
35
N
30
N
30
NNE
30
NNE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
4:18AM0.09m
2:13PM0.08m
5:29AM0.09m
12:57PM0.08m
11:30AM0.10m
Low Tide
9:37AM0.06m
9:24PM0.01m
9:56AM0.08m
9:36PM0.01m
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:05
7:03
7:03
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:28
5:29
5:29
 mm
1
Temp °C
11
12
12
12
13
13
13
12
11
11
10
11
14
16
17
15
13
13
13
13
12
12
11
11
Feels °C
8
9
9
8
11
11
11
11
9
8
7
8
10
12
14
10
8
8
6
6
5
6
5
5
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