Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.63° N 70.62° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 30 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.9°C
0.5° 

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 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 4PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Sep)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (30 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (30 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Fri afternoon, min 13°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
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
1
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
E
9
0.9
E
9
0.8
E
8
0.7
E
8
0.7
E
8
0.7
E
8
0.7
E
8
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
ESE
12
0.4
ESE
12
0.4
ESE
12
0.5
E
12
0.5
E
11
0.5
E
11
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
120
119
92
69
69
71
69
50
50
36
35
36
36
36
36
55
54
53
69
64
61
Wind (km/h)
10
S
15
SSE
20
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
25
SW
15
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
2:06PM3.06m
2:45AM2.66m
2:57PM3.01m
3:41AM2.55m
3:54PM2.93m
Low Tide
8:29PM-0.18m
8:40AM0.13m
9:24PM-0.10m
9:35AM0.23m
10:25PM-0.00m
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Temp °C
15
17
18
19
18
17
16
17
20
24
22
20
20
19
19
19
22
27
26
22
20
Feels °C
14
15
16
17
16
15
14
15
19
23
19
17
17
16
16
16
18
24
25
20
18
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