Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.63° N 70.62° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
19.0°C
1.1° 

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 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 8PM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.1m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Afternoon (09 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Evening (09 Sep)4ft (1.2m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 28°C on Thu afternoon, min 16°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Wed night, light winds from the SSW by Sat morning).

Wed
9
Thursday
10
Friday
11
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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
E
9
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
10
1.1
SSE
5
1.3
S
5
1.3
S
5
1.3
S
6
0.2
ESE
10
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.2
ESE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
11
0.3
SE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6
10
10
56
83
93
105
10
14
14
9
14
14
15
15
15
15
15
17
18
18
Wind (km/h)
5
NE
5
ESE
25
S
35
S
40
SSW
30
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
25
W
25
W
25
W
20
W
15
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
High Tide
10:22AM2.72m
10:38PM3.04m
11:12AM2.85m
11:30PM3.06m
11:58AM2.94m
Low Tide
4:19PM0.03m
4:56AM-0.19m
5:12PM-0.08m
5:42AM-0.20m
6:01PM-0.15m
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:16
6:16
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:02
7:00
7:00
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
17
20
23
21
22
22
23
23
26
28
28
25
22
20
17
16
18
21
22
21
20
Feels °C
18
21
20
18
18
18
18
19
24
23
23
21
19
17
12
10
13
17
19
18
17
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