Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 42.63° N 70.62° W

Issued: 6 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Long Beach sea temperature is

12.4°C

Long Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Long Beach today (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 4s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 4s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 9AM is: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 05). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	4s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	4s
Evening (05 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 76mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Warm (max 21°C on Thu morning, min 7°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Fri morning, strong winds from the NNE by Sat night).
	Thursday 5							Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
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	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	SSW 4	S 4	S 4	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	E 9	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 9	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	14	10	13	16	27	50	50	40	40	33	35	42	66	151	150	6	56	29	12	3	266	341	505	763	891	1006
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	NW	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			7:55AM2.77m				8:19PM2.71m				8:44AM2.86m				9:12PM2.71m				9:29AM2.91m				10:00PM2.69m
Low Tide	1:33AM0.07m				2:04PM0.09m				2:25AM0.07m				2:57PM-0.01m				3:12AM0.09m				3:45PM-0.08m				3:55AM0.13m


	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:24	—
	—	—	—	—	4:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:28	—	—	—	—	4:27
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	9	22	8	12	6	3	2	1	1	—	1	2	3	2	2	1
Temp °C	15	16	18	21	21	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	15	12	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7
Feels °C	13	13	15	18	19	16	17	17	16	17	16	17	16	13	14	14	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	-2	-3
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 7	E 10	E 10	E 9	SSE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 9	SE 8	SE 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8
kJ	14	7	7	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	1	2	2	6	107	94	56	29	12	9	22	18	20	23	39	50
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SE 10	S 9	SE 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	—	—	—	E 8	E 9	E 9	ESE 8	E 8	SE 9	SE 8	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	4	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	—	—	—	1	6	6	7	6	3	3	—	—	—	—	—
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	E 12	E 12	E 6	E 6	E 11	E 6	E 6	E 6	—	—	—	—	E 9	—	—	—	ESE 8	E 8	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	3	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	7	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 4	SSW 4	S 4	S 4	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	N 3	NNE 4	NNE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8
kJ	10	10	13	16	27	50	50	40	40	33	35	42	66	151	150	7	28	80	145	199	266	341	505	763	891	1006
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	7 Presidents Street Park New Jersey	The Wedge (Allenhurst) New Jersey	Crossroads Florida - North	Tea Break Amber Coast	The Dump Eleuthera	Tea Break Amber Coast	Tea Break Amber Coast	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	The Cove at Sandy Hook New Jersey	Rockaway Long Island NY	Belmar Fishing Pier New Jersey	Salisbury Beach Massachusetts	Popham Read Maine	Plum Island Massachusetts	Nahant Beach Massachusetts	White Crest Beach (Wellfleet) Massachusetts	White Crest Beach (Wellfleet) Massachusetts	Point o Woods Long Island NY	Madaket Massachusetts	Jetty Long Island NY	Greenhill Rhode Island	K38 and 39 Rhode Island	Eastons Beach (1st Beach) Rhode Island	Ballston Beach Massachusetts	Misquamicut State Beach Rhode Island
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
Distance (km)	380	385	1684	2535	1996	2535	2535	36	36	370	353	393	28	140	25	33	93	93	303	154	266	163	158	139	88	175
Best forecast wave conditions in Massachusetts													Salisbury Beach		Plum Island	Nahant Beach	Lecount Hollow	Lecount Hollow		Madaket					Newcombs Hollow
Rating (10 max)													1		2	1	1	1		1					2
Best forecast wave conditions in United States	Tijuana Sloughs Baja Norte	Tijuana Sloughs Baja Norte	La Push Washington	Seaside Point Oregon North	The Dump Washington	Westport-The Cove Washington	Seaside Point Oregon North	Seaside Point Oregon North	Trestles (Uppers) CAL - Orange County	Tijuana Sloughs Baja Norte	Tijuana Sloughs Baja Norte	Twin Rivers Washington	The Strait Washington	Neah Bay Washington	Shit Pipe Carolina North	Trestles (Uppers) CAL - Orange County	Blacks Beach CAL - San Diego County	Tijuana Sloughs Baja Norte	Tijuana Sloughs Baja Norte	Tijuana Sloughs Baja Norte	Topsail Island Carolina North	The Wedge CAL - Orange County	Trestles (Uppers) CAL - Orange County	Trestles (Uppers) CAL - Orange County	Tijuana Sloughs Baja Norte	Tijuana Sloughs Baja Norte
Rating (10 max)	3	3	5	4	4	5	6	6	2	2	2	4	5	5	2	2	3	4	3	3	1	1	2	2	3	3
Header Global	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Japan	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Japan	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Ranches United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Haga-Haga South Africa	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Cortez Bank United States	Fish Boma South Africa	Fish Boma South Africa	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Barrancon Chile	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) New Zealand	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) New Zealand
Rating (10 max)	6	8	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	9	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4

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