Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.15° S 139.80° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 am 02 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.2°C
0.2° 

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 (02 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 3PM is: 2.4m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30am October 02). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)16s
Afternoon (02 Oct)8ft (2.4m)15s
Evening (02 Oct)8ft (2.5m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Fri morning, min 9°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Sat morning, light winds from the E by Sun night).

Friday
2
Saturday
3
Sunday
4
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
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
2
2
2
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
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Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
SW
14
2.3
SW
16
2.3
SW
16
2.4
WSW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
14
2.5
SW
14
2.4
SW
14
2.4
SW
14
2.5
SW
14
2.5
SW
14
2.5
SW
14
3
SW
15
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1408
2594
2562
2612
2736
2784
3093
2822
2822
2612
2577
2577
2265
2233
2562
2606
2840
3557
3955
4356
4356
4467
Wind (km/h)
15
SE
15
ESE
15
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
20
ESE
10
SE
20
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
12:35PM0.08m
3:11AM0.11m
12:15PM0.08m
3:51AM0.10m
11:46AM0.09m
Low Tide
8:44AM0.06m
7:32PM-0.01m
8:55AM0.07m
7:48PM-0.01m
8:26AM0.08m
8:01PM0.00m
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light rain
light rain
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5:46
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6:43
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6:15
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 mm
1
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2
1
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Temp °C
12
13
14
13
12
11
11
11
12
12
12
12
12
11
11
11
10
12
13
13
11
11
Feels °C
9
11
11
8
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
6
7
8
7
6
9
9
8
6
7
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