Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.15° S 139.80° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 2 am 19 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.4°C
0.5° 

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 (19 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (19 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 13s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 13s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 12s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 8AM is: 2.2m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 20s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30am September 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Sep)7ft (2.2m)13s
Afternoon (19 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Evening (19 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Sat afternoon, min 8°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Sun morning, light winds from the ENE by Mon night).

Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
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
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.2
WSW
14
2.3
WSW
14
2.2
WSW
13
2.2
WSW
13
2.1
WSW
13
2
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
12
1.1
SW
12
1.2
SW
15
2.1
WSW
15
2
SW
16
2
SW
16
1.9
SW
15
2.5
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
12
3.5
SW
12
3.5
SW
13
4
SW
14
4
SW
14
4
SW
14
4
SW
14
4
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1977
1865
1609
1585
1467
1295
513
336
623
1972
1880
1856
1585
3051
3594
4042
3127
3382
3570
5694
6749
6749
6564
6200
Wind (km/h)
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
20
NNE
30
N
35
N
40
NW
35
WNW
40
WNW
35
W
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
25
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:40AM0.10m
1:06PM0.08m
4:20AM0.08m
12:19PM0.08m
11:30AM0.09m
Low Tide
8:57AM0.07m
8:27PM0.01m
8:23AM0.08m
8:32PM0.02m
8:09PM0.03m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:05
6:03
6:03
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:04
6:04
6:05
 mm
Temp °C
17
17
17
17
17
18
20
20
18
16
17
18
16
15
15
13
12
11
10
11
12
12
11
10
Feels °C
10
11
12
12
11
13
15
15
12
9
8
10
9
8
9
7
5
3
3
5
6
6
6
5
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