Coastguards surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 18 Apr 2026 EDT
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Coastguards surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Coastguards sea temperature is
7.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Coastguards today?

The current surf forecast for Coastguards at 3PM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 18). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Afternoon (18 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Evening (18 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
SE
0.5
S
0.8
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.4
SE
0.5
SW
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.5
WNW
0.2
E
0.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)776666676466666767766477
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)60452819121110816268974624928121618232113845
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
30
WNW
30
NW
30
NW
20
NW
10
NNW
5
SSE
20
WSW
20
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
30
NW
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:30AM
1.40
8:44PM
1.66
9:19AM
1.36
9:33PM
1.64
10:15AM
1.31
10:28PM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:31AM
-0.16
2:32PM
-0.12
3:20AM
-0.17
3:19PM
-0.09
4:09AM
-0.14
4:07PM
-0.03
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise-6:09-------6:09-------6:07------
Sunset----7:35-------7:36-------7:37---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------111-----------
Temp. °C12121312109889111297109896689754
Feels °C (?)1099866456872055530-210-2-3-3
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