Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 02 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
23.4° C
0.6° 

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 (03 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Aug, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Aug, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 3AM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 02). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Aug)5ft (1.6m)8s
Afternoon (03 Aug)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Evening (03 Aug)7.5ft (2.3m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 45mm), heaviest during Wed morning. Warm (max 26°C on Sun night, min 22°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Mon morning, light winds from the ESE by Tue morning).

Sun
2
Monday
3
Tuesday
4
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
3
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSE
5
0.7
SE
5
0.7
SSE
5
0.9
SSE
5
1.3
SSE
6
1.6
SSE
8
1.7
SSE
8
1.6
SSE
8
1.7
S
8
2.3
S
8
1.4
SSE
8
1.1
SSE
8
1
SSE
8
1
SSE
7
0.9
SSE
7
0.6
S
7
0.6
S
7
0.6
SE
7
0.7
SE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
33
24
22
44
113
280
402
385
393
697
264
159
123
104
84
39
37
41
44
Wind (km/h)
20
SE
15
SE
20
SSW
20
S
25
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
20
WSW
15
WNW
20
N
15
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State
cross-on
cross
on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
10:41PM1.47m
11:14AM1.46m
11:27PM1.41m
12:00PM1.50m
Low Tide
4:42PM0.17m
5:00AM0.02m
5:25PM0.20m
5:35AM0.05m
6:15PM0.23m
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:52
5:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:08
8:07
8:06
 mm
2
1
4
5
4
4
6
6
Temp °C
25
25
26
25
24
25
24
26
26
26
24
22
22
22
23
25
25
24
24
Feels °C
25
27
27
26
25
24
24
25
27
27
22
21
22
22
23
23
23
22
25
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