Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.63° N 70.62° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 18 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
13.9°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 (18 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 5s period with NE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 5s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 5PM is: 0.1m 14s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Afternoon (18 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)5s
Evening (18 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 12°C on Tue afternoon, min 6°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (calm on Mon morning, strong winds from the NE by Tue night).

Sun
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
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
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
NE
4
0.2
NNE
5
0.1
E
14
0.1
E
11
0.4
SE
3
0.5
SE
3
0.4
SE
3
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.8
ESE
10
1
ESE
9
1.3
ESE
10
1.6
ESE
10
1.7
ESE
11
1.9
ESE
10
1.8
ESE
10
1.9
ESE
10
2.1
E
9
2.1
E
9
2.3
E
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
7
3
4
3
4
5
4
10
10
25
103
184
314
554
637
749
663
664
718
686
828
Wind (km/h)
0
NNW
5
S
15
SE
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
10
SSW
0
NE
10
ENE
15
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
NNE
30
NNE
35
NNE
35
NNE
40
NNE
35
NNE
30
NE
35
NE
40
NE
Wind State
glassy
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
5:23PM2.42m
6:16AM2.17m
6:22PM2.41m
7:12AM2.23m
7:20PM2.43m
Low Tide
11:05AM0.67m
11:55PM0.45m
12:05PM0.67m
00:51AM0.44m
1:04PM0.62m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
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Temp °C
6
8
9
8
9
9
8
8
8
9
9
9
9
9
9
10
10
11
12
12
10
Feels °C
4
5
4
3
4
5
5
6
5
5
5
5
3
2
1
2
2
3
5
4
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