Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.63° N 70.62° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.7°C
0.5° 

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 (08 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 4s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 1PM is: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 08). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)3ft (0.9m)4s
Afternoon (08 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Evening (08 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Sat morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Fri afternoon, calm by Sat night).

Thursday
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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)
1
S
4
0.9
SSW
4
0.2
E
8
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
8
0.1
SE
8
0.1
SE
8
0.1
SE
8
0.1
SE
8
0.1
SE
8
0.1
SE
8
0.1
SE
8
0.1
SE
8
0.1
SE
8
0.1
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
39
32
5
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
10
10
10
Wind (km/h)
30
SSW
30
SW
25
WSW
20
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
20
W
25
W
25
W
30
W
35
W
25
WNW
25
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
NNW
5
N
0
NNE
5
SSW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
High Tide
10:06AM2.82m
10:27PM2.89m
10:52AM2.92m
11:16PM2.89m
11:35AM2.97m
Low Tide
3:47AM-0.04m
4:10PM-0.01m
4:35AM-0.06m
5:00PM-0.10m
5:19AM-0.04m
5:46PM-0.15m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
14
14
18
21
20
18
16
14
13
13
16
18
18
14
12
12
11
10
12
15
16
15
13
Feels °C
8
9
14
16
14
12
10
9
7
7
9
10
11
8
7
7
6
6
7
11
13
13
11
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