Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.63° N 70.62° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 29 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
17.9° C
1.5° 

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 (29 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 4s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 5s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 10AM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)4s
Afternoon (29 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)5s
Evening (29 Jul)5ft (1.5m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 24mm), heaviest during Wed afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Fri night, min 17°C on Thu afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ESE on Wed afternoon, light winds from the ENE by Fri afternoon).

Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Friday
31
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
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SE
4
1.1
SE
4
1.1
SE
5
1.3
ESE
5
1.5
ESE
6
1.5
ESE
6
1.7
E
6
1.8
ESE
6
1.9
ESE
6
1.4
E
6
1.3
ENE
6
1.4
ENE
6
1.6
NE
6
1.6
NE
6
0.9
E
6
1.3
NE
6
1.1
NE
6
1
NE
6
0.6
SE
10
0.5
SE
10
0.5
SE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.3
SE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
24
43
51
95
134
143
197
256
298
151
130
135
154
155
57
104
80
59
60
45
41
41
15
Wind (km/h)
25
SE
25
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
E
30
E
35
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
35
NNE
35
NNE
35
NNE
30
NNE
30
N
25
NNW
20
N
15
N
10
ENE
10
SE
15
S
15
S
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
12:09PM2.42m
00:08AM2.80m
12:43PM2.48m
00:43AM2.81m
1:16PM2.55m
Low Tide
5:55AM0.12m
5:53PM0.37m
6:29AM0.08m
6:30PM0.31m
7:01AM0.05m
7:06PM0.26m
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:30
5:31
5:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:06
8:05
8:04
 mm
1
3
5
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
Temp °C
20
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
18
18
17
17
17
17
17
17
18
18
18
20
21
21
Feels °C
19
16
15
15
15
16
16
16
18
17
16
12
13
13
13
14
15
17
17
18
20
20
20
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