Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.63° N 70.62° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
18.5°C
0.9° 

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 (13 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 1PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (13 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (13 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 22mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Sun night, min 13°C on Tue morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
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
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
ESE
8
0.5
SE
7
0.5
SE
7
0.4
SE
9
0.8
NE
5
0.8
NE
5
0.6
ENE
5
0.5
ENE
6
0.6
E
6
0.4
ENE
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
15
25
24
24
23
22
22
21
21
21
39
53
48
39
27
26
19
35
31
15
18
23
11
Wind (km/h)
20
S
20
S
15
S
20
SSE
10
SE
5
SSW
15
WSW
20
SW
35
NW
30
WNW
35
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NE
15
NE
10
E
10
SE
20
SE
25
S
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
1:23PM2.96m
1:48AM2.82m
2:03PM2.89m
2:33AM2.67m
2:45PM2.80m
Low Tide
7:08AM-0.07m
7:34PM-0.12m
7:49AM0.05m
8:18PM-0.03m
8:31AM0.20m
9:04PM0.09m
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:18
6:20
6:20
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:55
6:53
6:52
 mm
3
14
4
1
Temp °C
18
19
18
19
19
19
19
19
20
17
18
20
20
18
16
15
14
13
13
13
14
14
14
Feels °C
17
18
17
19
20
21
20
18
16
13
12
14
14
12
12
10
9
8
10
11
12
11
10
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