Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.15° S 139.80° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 2 pm 22 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.0°C
0.0° 

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 (22 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Aug, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Aug, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 7PM is: 4.0m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 21s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30pm August 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Aug)--
Afternoon (22 Aug)11ft (3.5m)15s
Evening (22 Aug)13ft (4.0m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Mon night. Very mild (max 14°C on Sun afternoon, min 11°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
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)
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4
5
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
SW
15
3.5
SW
15
4
SW
15
4
SW
15
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
3
SW
14
3
SW
17
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.4
SW
15
2.3
SW
14
2.1
SW
14
1.9
SW
14
1.8
SW
14
1.8
SW
13
1.8
SW
13
1.8
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5508
5864
6512
5973
5212
4527
3752
6015
4704
4288
3622
3137
2449
2144
1728
1459
1236
1116
1050
1050
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WNW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
5
NNW
5
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
ENE
10
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
High Tide
12:48PM0.09m
11:53AM0.10m
11:48AM0.10m
Low Tide
9:33PM0.02m
9:24PM0.03m
8:32PM0.03m
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:45
6:43
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:40
5:42
5:43
 mm
1
1
2
4
Temp °C
12
12
12
12
11
11
12
12
13
13
14
14
14
13
12
13
12
13
12
11
Feels °C
9
9
9
10
9
8
9
8
9
10
12
12
11
9
9
9
10
11
10
9
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