Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.63° N 70.62° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 12 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
18.8°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 (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 2AM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 12). 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

Moderate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Mon afternoon, min 13°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Sun night, fresh winds from the NW by Mon morning).

Sat
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ESE
10
0.9
SSE
4
0.9
S
4
0.3
SE
10
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
0.6
SE
9
0.7
SE
8
0.7
SE
8
0.6
SE
7
0.6
SE
7
0.6
SE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
9
21
30
16
15
25
24
24
23
22
22
21
21
61
64
64
44
44
33
Wind (km/h)
25
SE
30
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
20
SE
10
ESE
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
30
WNW
20
WNW
30
NW
20
NNW
20
N
20
NNW
30
NNE
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-off
cross-off
cross
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:03AM2.94m
1:23PM2.96m
1:48AM2.82m
2:03PM2.89m
Low Tide
6:48PM-0.16m
7:08AM-0.07m
7:34PM-0.12m
7:49AM0.05m
8:18PM-0.03m
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:18
6:20
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:58
6:55
6:53
 mm
3
8
1
2
Temp °C
17
19
18
18
18
18
17
18
18
18
19
19
19
16
19
21
21
18
16
Feels °C
13
14
15
16
16
17
16
17
19
19
20
19
16
13
13
16
17
13
10
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