Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.15° S 139.80° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 2 am 09 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
13.9° C
0.1° 

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 (09 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Aug, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 14s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Aug, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 20s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 9AM is: 1.7m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.0m 18s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30am August 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Aug)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Afternoon (09 Aug)8ft (2.4m)16s
Evening (09 Aug)7ft (2.2m)20s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 14°C on Sun morning, min 11°C on Mon afternoon). Mainly strong winds.

Sunday
9
Monday
10
Tuesday
11
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
3
5
5
!
0
0
0
0
0
!
0
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
WSW
14
2.2
WSW
14
2
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
16
2.4
WSW
16
2.2
WSW
16
2.2
WSW
20
3
WSW
19
3.5
WSW
19
4
SW
19
4
SW
18
4
SW
17
4
WSW
16
4
SW
16
3.5
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
SW
15
2.5
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
3
W
15
3.5
WSW
17
3.5
WSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2169
1849
1411
1033
1170
2786
2355
3843
7282
8333
11752
10599
9930
8649
8390
5809
4796
3622
2989
2655
2643
3912
6485
6112
Wind (km/h)
25
NNE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
25
N
10
NNW
5
S
10
SSW
15
SSE
35
S
45
SSW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WNW
25
NW
25
NNW
35
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
35
NNW
40
NW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
glassy
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
11:41AM0.11m
12:07PM0.12m
1:42AM0.02m
12:30PM0.13m
Low Tide
9:46PM0.01m
9:55PM0.01m
9:52PM0.02m
2:21AM0.02m
9:12PM0.03m
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:01
7:01
7:00
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:30
5:30
5:31
 mm
1
5
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
12
11
12
13
14
14
13
13
12
13
13
14
13
12
11
11
11
12
12
12
13
14
13
12
Feels °C
7
6
6
8
10
12
13
12
10
6
5
6
5
4
5
6
7
6
6
5
5
6
5
4
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