Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.63° N 70.62° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
19.6°C
1.4° 

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 (03 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 4PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (03 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (03 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Thu afternoon, min 15°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, fresh winds from the NE by Sat afternoon).

Thu
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
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)
0.5
SE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.8
ESE
6
0.8
ESE
6
0.8
ESE
6
0.8
ESE
6
0.8
ESE
7
0.8
ESE
7
0.7
ESE
7
0.7
ESE
7
0.7
ESE
7
0.7
ESE
7
0.6
ESE
6
0.6
E
6
0.4
ESE
6
0.5
E
7
0.6
E
7
1.1
ENE
4
1.5
ENE
6
1.3
ENE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
39
39
28
39
43
49
47
51
53
47
47
47
40
32
30
15
24
34
47
153
149
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
10
NW
15
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
E
0
NW
5
NNW
0
WSW
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
5
WNW
20
N
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NE
15
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
30
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
off
cross
cross-on
cross
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
4:10PM2.89m
4:52AM2.46m
5:10PM2.85m
5:59AM2.38m
6:17PM2.82m
Low Tide
9:51AM0.20m
10:37PM0.04m
10:48AM0.29m
11:41PM0.09m
11:53AM0.35m
light rain
rain showers
clear
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:09
6:11
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:14
7:12
7:09
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
19
20
21
20
19
18
18
18
19
21
21
20
21
19
18
18
18
18
17
16
16
Feels °C
20
21
21
21
20
20
20
20
21
21
22
21
23
17
15
15
15
16
12
11
11
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