Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.15° S 139.80° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 2 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.2° 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 (28 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 16ft (5.0m), 14s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 5AM is: 3.5m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.8m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30am July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jul)11ft (3.5m)16s
Afternoon (28 Jul)15ft (4.5m)15s
Evening (28 Jul)16ft (5.0m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 13°C on Tue morning, min 10°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Tue afternoon, light winds from the WSW by Thu night).

Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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1
1
1
1
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3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
W
11
3.5
WSW
12
3.5
WSW
11
3.5
WSW
16
4
WSW
15
4.5
WSW
15
4.5
WSW
14
5
WSW
14
6
SW
16
6
SW
16
5.5
SW
16
5
SW
16
4.5
SW
15
4
SW
15
4
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
3
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
2.4
SW
13
2.2
SW
13
2.1
SW
13
1.9
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2386
3003
2816
5840
6798
8427
8986
9843
20525
20172
16223
13162
9948
7327
6001
4904
3963
3364
2528
2103
1874
1634
1387
1185
Wind (km/h)
40
NW
40
NW
35
WNW
35
W
40
W
45
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
45
SW
40
SW
35
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
High Tide
11:08PM0.04m
12:30PM0.12m
11:44PM0.05m
12:53PM0.13m
00:11AM0.05m
1:15PM0.13m
Low Tide
4:24AM0.02m
8:15PM0.04m
5:11AM0.02m
8:08PM0.04m
5:50AM0.01m
8:08PM0.03m
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7:13
7:13
7:11
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5:21
5:21
5:22
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
14
13
13
13
13
11
11
11
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
11
10
10
11
11
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12
Feels °C
6
6
6
5
4
0
0
0
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6
6
6
6
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5
5
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