Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.63° N 70.62° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 05 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
18.9° C
0.7° 

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 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 4s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 9AM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Afternoon (05 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (05 Aug)2ft (0.6m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 30°C on Thu afternoon, min 22°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
Friday
7
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
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
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
E
10
0.1
E
10
0.5
SE
7
0.5
SE
7
0.5
SE
7
0.1
E
9
0.6
SSE
4
0.7
S
5
0.1
E
9
0.3
SE
6
0.3
SE
6
0.1
E
9
0.4
SSE
6
0.4
SSE
3
0.7
S
4
0.8
S
5
0.1
E
10
0.1
E
10
0.3
SE
7
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
9
0.5
SSE
3
0.3
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2
2
23
22
22
3
11
21
2
6
6
3
14
4
17
31
2
2
8
2
2
1
5
10
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
15
SSE
10
S
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
W
0
S
15
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
15
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
on
on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
High Tide
4:12AM2.59m
4:35PM2.83m
5:07AM2.50m
5:29PM2.85m
6:09AM2.42m
6:29PM2.87m
Low Tide
10:15AM0.16m
10:55PM0.12m
11:07AM0.23m
11:55PM0.12m
12:06PM0.28m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:37
5:39
5:39
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:58
7:57
7:54
 mm
1
4
4
1
Temp °C
24
23
22
24
28
29
29
26
25
24
24
28
29
30
30
28
26
25
25
28
29
27
27
25
Feels °C
22
22
21
24
26
26
27
24
24
24
25
30
30
32
32
30
28
27
27
31
29
29
30
26
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