Coastguards surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 29 Jan 2026 EST
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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
4.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Coastguards today?

The current surf forecast for Coastguards at 11AM is: 0.9m 4s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)11s
Afternoon (29 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Evening (29 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sun
01
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
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 (?)
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.9
WNW
0.1
SE
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
W
1.2
WNW
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
Period(s) (?)11114114411111144444111144111010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5423519275554244403850221611444444
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
N
10
NNW
5
N
25
N
25
NNE
30
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:29AM
1.35
4:10PM
1.08
4:35AM
1.41
5:12PM
1.16
5:33AM
1.48
6:07PM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:12AM
-0.05
10:08PM
-0.06
11:09AM
-0.13
11:07PM
-0.12
12:02PM
-0.20
12:03AM
-0.16
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sun
01
Sunrise--7:05-------7:05-------7:03-----
Sunset----5:06-------5:07-------5:08---
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-9-11-11-8-6-7-10-12-14-14-14-12-10-12-14-14-14-14-13-10-8-8-9-9
Feels °C (?)-17-19-19-17-14-16-19-22-23-23-24-22-20-21-22-21-21-20-18-15-12-16-17-18
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