- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Long Beach Surf Forecast
/ Massachusetts (29 breaks) / Massachusetts (28 breaks) /
Surf Forecasts:
Long Beach surfForecast / Massachusetts / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 12 May 2026 EDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Long Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
9.4° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Long Beach today?
The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 8PM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (12 May) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (12 May) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 8s |
| Evening (12 May) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Long Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 15°C on Wed afternoon, min 8°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the S by Wed afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 12 | Wednesday 13 | Thursday 14 | Fri 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | |
Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | ESE 7 | ESE 10 | ESE 7 | SSE 4 | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SE 6 | SE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | SE 8 | SE 9 | |
95 | 91 | 64 | 42 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 138 | 154 | 114 | 81 | 66 | 97 | 129 | 108 | 128 | 175 | 186 | 206 | 156 | 307 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
glassy | on | on | on | cross | glassy | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | |
High Tide | 8:11PM2.64m | 8:37AM2.59m | 9:00PM2.82m | 9:32AM2.68m | 9:49PM3.01m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:51PM0.27m | 2:24AM0.23m | 2:42PM0.19m | 3:18AM0.03m | 3:31PM0.10m | 4:10AM-0.16m | ||||||||||||||||||
 | | |  | |  |  |  | | | | | | | | | |  | |  | |  | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:20 | — |
 | — | — | 7:53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:55 | — | — | — | — | 7:57 |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Temp °C | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 6 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | SE 8 | SE 9 |
 kJ | 95 | 91 | 64 | 42 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 128 | 175 | 186 | 206 | 156 | 307 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 4 | NNE 4 | ESE 11 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | S 4 | ESE 10 | E 7 | E 7 | — | — | E 13 | E 13 | — | E 13 | E 12 | ESE 10 | E 10 | E 11 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 |
| kJ | 3 | 1 | 24 | 29 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 113 | 123 | 108 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | ESE 12 | NNE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | SE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | E 7 | E 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | SSE 3 | S 4 | SSE 4 | S 4 | WSW 2 | S 4 | S 3 | SSE 4 | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SE 6 | SE 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 138 | 154 | 114 | 81 | 66 | 97 | 129 | 108 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 2 | 25 | 25 | 490 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 35 | 1168 | 1274 | 1026 | 923 | 425 | 440 | 622 | 173 | 254 | 158 | 303 | 201 | 173 | 61 | 61 | 130 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Massachusetts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Long Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest