Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.63° N 70.62° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 17 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
17.3°C
0.2° 

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 (17 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 7PM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (17 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (17 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 24°C on Thu afternoon, min 11°C on Sat afternoon). Mainly fresh winds.

Thu
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
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
E
7
0.5
E
7
0.5
E
7
0.5
E
7
0.5
E
7
0.5
E
7
0.5
E
7
0.5
E
7
0.5
ESE
7
0.4
ESE
7
0.4
ESE
7
0.4
ESE
7
0.4
ESE
7
0.4
ESE
8
1.7
NNE
6
0.4
ESE
8
1
NE
6
0.8
NE
6
0.6
NE
6
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
28
27
26
25
24
26
27
26
27
15
18
18
19
23
223
26
62
39
24
23
23
Wind (km/h)
10
SSE
15
SE
20
SSE
25
S
25
SSW
20
SW
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
NNE
10
E
5
SSE
20
NNW
25
NNE
25
NNE
35
NNE
25
NNE
20
NE
10
ENE
15
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
4:16PM2.57m
5:02AM2.24m
5:10PM2.48m
6:00AM2.16m
6:08PM2.43m
Low Tide
10:00AM0.49m
10:45PM0.34m
10:51AM0.60m
11:42PM0.42m
11:48AM0.67m
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:24
6:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:49
6:46
6:45
 mm
1
2
2
1
Temp °C
20
23
24
22
20
19
19
19
20
21
22
21
17
15
13
12
12
11
12
13
14
Feels °C
21
23
23
20
18
18
20
20
20
20
22
17
12
9
5
6
7
7
7
8
10
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