Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.63° N 70.62° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
17.5° C
1.8° 

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) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 4s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 11AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jul)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (28 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (28 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 73mm), heaviest during Thu morning. Warm (max 24°C on Tue afternoon, min 16°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Tue morning, strong winds from the NNE by Wed night).

Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
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
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
E
7
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.5
E
7
1
SSE
4
1.1
SSE
4
0.9
SSE
5
0.8
SSE
4
0.7
SE
4
0.7
SE
4
0.8
SE
4
0.9
ESE
4
1
ESE
5
1.2
ESE
5
1.1
SE
6
1.8
ENE
6
3
E
7
2.5
ENE
7
3
E
8
2.5
E
7
1.9
ENE
7
1.7
ENE
6
1.5
ENE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
33
39
36
22
35
46
37
21
16
17
21
35
50
77
80
222
820
758
929
619
317
242
167
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
25
SE
30
SSE
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
25
ENE
30
NE
50
NNE
45
N
45
N
40
NNW
35
NNW
35
N
35
N
Wind State
cross
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:32AM2.37m
11:32PM2.76m
12:09PM2.42m
00:08AM2.80m
12:43PM2.48m
Low Tide
5:19AM0.17m
5:16PM0.43m
5:55AM0.12m
5:53PM0.37m
6:29AM0.08m
6:30PM0.31m
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:28
5:30
5:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:07
8:06
8:05
 mm
1
13
21
8
8
8
8
5
Temp °C
19
20
22
23
24
23
21
20
20
20
20
20
20
19
19
18
16
16
17
17
17
18
18
Feels °C
20
21
22
21
21
21
19
19
19
19
18
18
18
17
17
15
8
9
11
12
12
13
13
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