Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.15° S 139.80° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 2 pm 08 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
13.9° 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 (08 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 14s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 6PM is: 2.5m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30pm August 08). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Aug)--
Afternoon (08 Aug)8ft (2.5m)15s
Evening (08 Aug)8ft (2.5m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Sun morning, min 11°C on Sat night). Mainly strong winds.

Sat
8
Sunday
9
Monday
10
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
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
4
5
6
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0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
14
2.2
WSW
14
2.1
WSW
14
2
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
16
2.3
WSW
16
2.4
WSW
16
2.2
WSW
20
3.5
WSW
19
3.5
WSW
19
4
SW
19
4.5
SW
18
4.5
SW
17
4.5
WSW
16
4
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3049
2953
2717
2494
1933
1629
1411
1033
1170
2583
2751
3843
7675
7843
11094
11109
10733
9624
7916
6095
Wind (km/h)
25
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
30
NE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NE
30
NNE
25
N
15
NNE
15
ENE
10
ESE
15
SSW
25
SSW
45
SSW
45
SW
40
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
High Tide
11:41AM0.11m
12:07PM0.12m
Low Tide
9:46PM0.01m
9:55PM0.01m
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:01
7:01
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:29
5:30
5:30
 mm
1
4
2
2
9
1
1
Temp °C
11
12
12
12
11
11
12
13
14
14
13
12
13
13
13
14
14
12
11
11
Feels °C
6
6
7
6
6
6
7
7
10
12
11
10
11
8
5
6
7
4
4
6
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