Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.63° N 70.62° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 31 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
20.5°C
2.0° 

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 (31 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (31 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 3s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 8AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 31). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Aug)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (31 Aug)1ft (0.3m)8s
Evening (31 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)3s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Tue morning. Warm (max 20°C on Mon night, min 16°C on Tue afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Mon morning, fresh winds from the SE by Tue afternoon).

Monday
31
Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
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)
0.3
SE
7
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.8
SSE
3
0.8
S
4
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.7
SSE
4
0.8
SSE
4
0.7
SE
5
0.7
SE
5
0.3
SE
10
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.5
SE
11
0.5
SE
11
0.5
SE
10
0.6
SE
10
0.5
SE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
7
11
11
11
11
24
13
22
10
10
10
10
12
24
22
21
18
31
42
57
56
48
60
46
Wind (km/h)
20
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
E
20
ESE
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSW
15
S
15
S
10
SE
25
SE
30
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
20
E
20
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
SE
20
SSE
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
High Tide
1:32AM2.82m
1:51PM2.88m
2:14AM2.76m
2:32PM2.91m
3:01AM2.68m
3:18PM2.92m
Low Tide
7:37AM-0.00m
8:01PM-0.03m
8:17AM0.04m
8:48PM-0.04m
9:02AM0.11m
9:39PM-0.01m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:05
6:05
6:07
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:19
7:16
7:15
 mm
1
8
3
1
1
Temp °C
20
19
18
18
18
19
20
20
19
20
20
18
16
16
17
17
18
18
18
18
19
19
18
18
Feels °C
18
18
17
17
15
15
16
17
18
20
21
16
11
13
15
15
16
16
16
16
17
17
16
15
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