Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.63° N 70.62° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 17 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.0°C
0.8° 

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 (17 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 6PM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 17). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (17 Oct)--
Evening (17 Oct)1ft (0.3m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 10°C on Mon night, min 5°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun afternoon, strong winds from the NNE by Mon night).

Sat
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
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
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
NNW
4
0.9
NNW
4
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.7
NE
5
0.6
NE
5
0.6
NE
5
0.4
NE
5
0.4
NE
4
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.4
SE
3
0.4
SE
3
0.1
SE
10
0.3
SE
4
0.4
SE
5
0.4
SE
10
0.8
ESE
10
1.1
ESE
10
1.4
ESE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
0
0
10
10
11
28
21
18
9
5
3
3
4
4
4
4
10
25
117
231
410
Wind (km/h)
35
NW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
25
N
15
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
W
5
ENE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
5
ESE
10
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
NE
35
NNE
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
glassy
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
4:27PM2.48m
5:19AM2.17m
5:23PM2.42m
6:16AM2.17m
6:22PM2.41m
Low Tide
10:10AM0.63m
10:59PM0.41m
11:05AM0.67m
11:55PM0.45m
12:05PM0.67m
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
part cloud
cloud
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Temp °C
8
9
9
7
6
6
5
5
6
7
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
9
9
9
9
Feels °C
0
-1
-1
-2
-1
1
1
2
3
4
3
3
3
5
5
5
3
4
3
3
2
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