Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.63° N 70.62° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
17.5° C
1.8° 

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 (28 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 9PM is: 1.2m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jul)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (28 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (28 Jul)4ft (1.2m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 96mm), heaviest during Wed night. Warm (max 24°C on Tue afternoon, min 17°C on Thu afternoon). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the ENE on Wed night, light winds from the NNE by Fri morning).

Tue
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
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)
0.6
SE
8
0.5
E
7
1.1
SE
4
1.3
SSE
5
0.9
SSE
5
0.8
SSE
4
0.8
SSE
4
1
SE
4
1.1
SE
5
1.3
ESE
5
1.7
ESE
6
1.9
ESE
6
1.8
ESE
6
1.7
ESE
6
1.3
SE
6
1.5
ENE
6
1.9
ENE
6
2.3
ENE
7
2.3
NE
7
2.1
NE
7
1.9
NE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
36
22
40
80
37
21
21
36
59
90
184
288
249
220
134
156
260
479
444
363
287
Wind (km/h)
15
SSE
25
SE
35
SSE
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
25
E
35
ENE
40
ENE
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
30
ENE
30
NE
35
NE
35
NNE
35
NNE
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:32AM2.37m
11:32PM2.76m
12:09PM2.42m
00:08AM2.80m
12:43PM2.48m
Low Tide
5:16PM0.43m
5:55AM0.12m
5:53PM0.37m
6:29AM0.08m
6:30PM0.31m
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:30
5:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:07
8:06
8:05
 mm
1
4
10
27
11
8
12
9
4
5
3
2
1
Temp °C
21
23
24
23
21
20
20
20
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
18
18
17
18
18
Feels °C
21
21
20
20
20
19
19
18
17
17
15
14
15
16
16
17
15
15
13
14
14
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