Long Beach surfForecast / SA – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Thursday 16 Apr 2026 ACST
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Long Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
16.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Long Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 3AM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 18s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)11ft (3.5m)16s
Afternoon (17 Apr)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (17 Apr)8ft (2.5m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
!
!
!
!
!
3
4
4
4
3
4
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141616151414141413131313131212121210101818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)234622812756351958635714468438103150284623711876158313741173737488378243177150157154154
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
15
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NNE
5
N
5
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosson
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:02AM
0.09
12:28PM
0.12
12:13AM
0.08
12:52PM
0.13
12:17AM
0.07
1:18PM
0.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:19PM
0.03
5:53AM
0.02
6:56PM
0.02
5:58AM
0.01
7:29PM
0.03
6:07AM
-0.00
Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise-----6:37-------6:37-------6:39--
Sunset-------5:43-------5:40-------5:39
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1615151414141413121110981015171817161516172120
Feels °C (?)131311998988765451114151211911121716
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