Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.15° S 139.80° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 am 02 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.6°C
0.7° 

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 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 14s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 1PM is: 3.5m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30am September 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Sep)10ft (3.0m)16s
Afternoon (02 Sep)11ft (3.5m)15s
Evening (02 Sep)11ft (3.5m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Fri night, min 10°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Thu night, near gales from the W by Fri night).

Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
Friday
4
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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
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12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
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Rating
(10 max)
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0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3.5
SW
15
3.5
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
14
4
WSW
14
4
WSW
14
4.5
WSW
14
4.5
WSW
14
5
SW
14
4.5
SW
14
4.5
SW
15
5
SW
15
5
SW
16
5
SW
16
4.5
SW
16
4.5
SW
16
4.5
SW
16
4
SW
16
4
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4451
5076
5003
4695
4955
5631
6017
6852
7348
7874
10695
8740
9459
10442
11416
11562
10637
10137
9280
8353
7381
6481
Wind (km/h)
20
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
35
WSW
35
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
20
W
15
W
15
NW
20
NNW
25
N
25
NNE
35
N
30
N
35
N
40
N
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
1:45PM0.09m
3:02AM0.11m
1:38PM0.08m
3:40AM0.10m
1:11PM0.08m
Low Tide
8:29AM0.04m
8:05PM0.00m
8:54AM0.05m
8:16PM-0.00m
9:14AM0.07m
8:28PM-0.00m
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:31
6:30
6:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:50
5:51
5:51
 mm
1
2
1
Temp °C
12
12
13
13
13
14
14
14
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
10
11
14
12
14
14
Feels °C
8
7
8
7
7
7
7
6
6
5
6
7
8
8
9
8
5
5
8
7
8
7
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