Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.63° N 70.62° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 30 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
18.6° C
0.9° 

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 (30 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Jul, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 6s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Jul, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 7s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 2PM is: 2.0m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jul)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Afternoon (30 Jul)6.5ft (2.0m)7s
Evening (30 Jul)5ft (1.5m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Warm (max 26°C on Sat afternoon, min 17°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Thu morning, light winds from the S by Sat morning).

Thursday
30
Friday
31
Saturday
1
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
1
1
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
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
ENE
6
1.7
ENE
6
2
NE
6
2
NE
7
1.9
NE
7
1.7
ENE
7
1.4
ENE
6
1.3
ENE
6
1.2
ENE
6
1
ENE
6
0.5
SE
10
0.5
SE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
1
SSE
4
1
S
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
151
204
301
342
305
237
150
118
99
75
46
42
40
28
28
29
29
28
28
28
28
38
47
Wind (km/h)
35
NNE
35
NNE
35
NNE
35
NNE
30
NNE
30
N
25
N
20
N
20
NNW
15
NW
10
N
10
SE
20
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
S
20
SE
30
SSE
30
S
20
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
12:43PM2.48m
00:43AM2.81m
1:16PM2.55m
1:19AM2.81m
1:50PM2.62m
Low Tide
6:29AM0.08m
6:30PM0.31m
7:01AM0.05m
7:06PM0.26m
7:34AM0.03m
7:45PM0.21m
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:31
5:31
5:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:05
8:04
8:02
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
17
17
17
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
19
20
22
23
22
21
20
20
23
25
26
24
22
Feels °C
13
12
12
14
14
14
15
16
16
17
18
19
20
22
21
21
20
20
24
23
23
21
21
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