Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.63° N 70.62° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
16.1° C
2.8° 

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 (21 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 4s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 5s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 11AM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jul)2ft (0.6m)4s
Afternoon (21 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)5s
Evening (21 Jul)5ft (1.6m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Tue night. Warm (max 27°C on Wed afternoon, min 16°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Tue night, calm by Thu night).

Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
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
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
S
4
0.6
S
4
0.7
SSE
4
1.2
SSE
4
1.4
SSE
5
1.6
SSE
6
0.1
SE
11
0.1
E
11
0.1
E
11
1.3
SSE
6
1.2
SSE
6
1.5
SSE
7
1.3
SSE
7
0.3
SW
3
1.3
SSE
7
0.9
SSE
9
0.9
SE
9
0.8
SE
9
0.8
SE
8
0.8
SE
8
0.8
SE
8
0.8
SE
8
0.7
SE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
11
10
15
54
98
145
5
2
2
106
0
0
0
2
0
0
128
91
80
73
69
67
54
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
20
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
20
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
10
NNW
15
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
S
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
5:21AM2.54m
5:48PM2.69m
6:20AM2.39m
6:42PM2.62m
7:21AM2.28m
7:37PM2.58m
Low Tide
11:25AM0.27m
00:08AM0.27m
12:19PM0.41m
1:08AM0.32m
1:15PM0.52m
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cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:22
5:22
5:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:14
8:13
8:12
 mm
4
7
2
Temp °C
18
19
21
22
21
20
22
20
20
21
24
26
27
25
21
18
16
16
20
21
22
19
20
Feels °C
16
18
18
17
17
17
19
18
19
20
23
25
26
23
18
15
13
12
17
17
17
16
17
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