Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 04 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
24.3° 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 (04 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 8AM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (04 Aug)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (04 Aug)2ft (0.6m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 29°C on Thu afternoon, min 22°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
4
Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
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)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SSE
8
1.1
SSE
8
1
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
7
0.9
SSE
7
0.8
SSE
7
0.6
SE
7
0.6
SE
7
0.6
SE
7
0.6
SE
7
0.7
SE
7
0.7
SE
7
0.6
SE
7
0.6
SE
7
0.7
SE
6
0.5
SE
6
0.9
SSE
6
0.7
S
5
1
S
6
0.9
SSE
6
0.8
SSE
6
1.1
S
6
1.2
S
6
1.2
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
163
135
107
84
79
62
30
36
29
33
49
47
27
28
39
19
50
29
74
62
50
88
98
99
Wind (km/h)
15
N
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
0
W
5
WSW
0
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
S
20
S
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
S
25
S
25
SSW
20
SW
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
on
High Tide
11:27PM1.41m
12:00PM1.50m
00:19AM1.34m
12:51PM1.53m
1:16AM1.29m
1:47PM1.55m
Low Tide
5:35AM0.05m
6:15PM0.23m
6:19AM0.10m
7:22PM0.27m
7:16AM0.14m
8:39PM0.26m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:54
5:54
5:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:06
8:05
8:04
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
23
22
22
24
25
25
24
24
24
24
23
24
24
25
25
25
25
24
24
26
28
29
29
29
Feels °C
23
23
22
24
24
24
23
24
25
25
24
25
26
27
27
26
27
27
27
29
29
29
28
30
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