Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.63° N 70.62° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 17 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
20.3° C
1.7° 

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 (17 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 14s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 14s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 14s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 7PM is: 0.1m 14s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)14s
Afternoon (17 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)14s
Evening (17 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 28°C on Sat afternoon, min 18°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri afternoon, strong winds from the SSW by Sat afternoon).

Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
SE
14
0.1
SE
14
0.1
SE
14
0.1
SE
14
0.1
SE
14
0.2
ESE
14
0.1
SE
14
0.1
SE
14
0.1
SE
14
1
S
4
1.6
SSE
6
0.2
ESE
13
0.2
ESE
13
0.1
E
13
0.2
ESE
13
0.1
SE
13
0.1
E
13
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
13
0.1
E
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8
8
8
8
8
20
8
8
7
36
167
17
17
7
17
7
3
7
7
6
6
Wind (km/h)
15
WNW
10
WNW
0
ESE
15
S
10
S
5
SW
5
SW
10
SW
20
S
35
S
40
SSW
40
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
W
40
NW
25
NW
25
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
Wind State
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
2:21PM2.89m
2:35AM3.07m
3:13PM2.87m
3:29AM2.90m
4:04PM2.83m
Low Tide
8:02AM-0.32m
8:19PM-0.03m
8:52AM-0.21m
9:14PM0.03m
9:43AM-0.07m
10:11PM0.11m
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:20
5:20
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:16
8:15
8:15
 mm
1
2
Temp °C
22
25
26
24
25
23
20
20
25
28
24
20
21
21
21
18
21
23
25
24
20
Feels °C
18
22
25
21
23
22
19
18
23
23
19
15
19
19
19
11
16
18
21
19
15
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