Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.15° S 139.80° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 pm 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.8°C
0.9° 

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 (04 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Sep, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 3AM is: 4.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30pm September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)15ft (4.5m)16s
Afternoon (04 Sep)13ft (4.0m)16s
Evening (04 Sep)13ft (4.0m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 15°C on Fri night, min 12°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WNW on Fri night, light winds from the WSW by Sun morning).

Thu
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
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
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0
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4.5
SW
15
4.5
SW
15
5
SW
16
4.5
SW
16
4.5
SW
16
4.5
SW
16
4.5
SW
16
4
SW
16
4
SW
16
4
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
15
4
WSW
15
4.5
WSW
15
4.5
WSW
15
5
WSW
11
4.5
WSW
12
4.5
WSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
9133
10093
11271
10906
10637
10010
9171
8353
7602
6984
5771
4874
7090
8784
9203
5442
5911
5282
Wind (km/h)
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
20
NW
20
N
25
N
25
N
25
N
20
NE
30
NNE
40
N
45
NW
50
WNW
45
W
45
W
45
W
40
WSW
25
SW
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
3:40AM0.10m
1:11PM0.08m
4:28AM0.10m
12:25PM0.09m
Low Tide
8:16PM-0.00m
9:14AM0.07m
8:28PM-0.00m
8:55AM0.08m
8:43PM0.00m
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
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clear
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:28
6:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:51
5:52
 mm
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
13
12
13
13
12
12
14
13
13
15
15
15
13
13
13
13
13
13
Feels °C
7
7
8
8
8
7
9
9
10
9
8
7
3
4
3
4
5
8
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