Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.63° N 70.62° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
19.6°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 (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 2PM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)2ft (0.6m)7s
Afternoon (05 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (05 Sep)3ft (0.9m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Mon night, min 15°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Sat afternoon, light winds from the SSE by Mon afternoon).

Saturday
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
ESE
7
0.6
ESE
7
0.6
ESE
7
1
NE
5
1.1
ENE
5
0.9
ENE
7
0.9
E
7
1
ENE
7
1.3
ENE
6
1.4
ENE
7
1.3
ENE
7
1.2
ENE
7
1.1
ENE
7
0.9
ENE
7
0.8
ENE
7
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
38
41
40
41
59
75
72
93
140
173
172
143
121
77
62
41
48
70
70
67
67
45
45
Wind (km/h)
15
NNW
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
NE
20
NE
10
N
15
NNE
25
NE
30
NNE
20
N
20
N
10
NE
10
S
10
SSW
10
W
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
10
NNW
5
SSE
15
SSW
15
W
15
NW
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
off
High Tide
5:59AM2.38m
6:17PM2.82m
7:12AM2.37m
7:28PM2.83m
8:22AM2.44m
8:38PM2.90m
Low Tide
11:53AM0.35m
00:52AM0.11m
1:04PM0.36m
2:03AM0.06m
2:15PM0.29m
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:11
6:11
6:13
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:09
7:07
7:07
 mm
Temp °C
18
18
18
17
18
18
18
17
16
15
16
17
17
18
18
17
17
16
19
21
23
24
22
Feels °C
16
15
14
13
15
17
16
13
11
11
13
15
15
16
16
13
13
13
17
19
19
21
18
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