Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.63° N 70.62° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 16 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.4°C
1.1° 

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 (16 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 9AM is: 1.3m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)5s
Afternoon (16 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Evening (16 Oct)--

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Fri morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Fri afternoon, min 5°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Fri night, light winds from the ENE by Sun afternoon).

Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
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
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
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ESE
10
0.8
S
4
1.2
S
5
1.3
S
5
1.3
SSE
6
1.3
SSE
6
1.1
SSE
6
0.1
E
13
0.1
E
12
0.1
E
12
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.9
N
4
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.1
SE
8
0.1
SE
9
1.3
NE
6
1.1
NE
6
1.1
NE
6
0.9
ENE
6
0.8
ENE
5
0.8
E
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
10
17
60
92
106
121
0
4
3
3
30
31
0
0
10
10
3
3
118
98
85
51
30
33
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
30
S
35
S
40
S
35
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
W
35
WNW
40
NW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
N
35
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
10
ENE
15
E
20
E
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
3:34AM2.31m
3:36PM2.56m
4:24AM2.22m
4:27PM2.48m
5:19AM2.17m
5:23PM2.42m
Low Tide
9:21AM0.55m
10:05PM0.33m
10:10AM0.63m
10:59PM0.41m
11:05AM0.67m
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5:57
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6
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Temp °C
12
12
13
14
17
18
18
17
13
8
8
7
9
9
7
5
5
5
5
5
6
6
7
8
Feels °C
7
5
6
8
12
15
15
14
6
-2
-1
-2
1
0
-2
-4
-3
-2
-1
-1
1
1
2
3
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