Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 13 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
25.8° C
3.0° 

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 (14 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 13s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 3AM is: 0.1m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)13s
Afternoon (14 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Evening (14 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Thu night, min 20°C on Sun afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Sun afternoon).

Thu
13
Friday
14
Saturday
15
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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
S
5
0.2
S
5
0.1
SE
13
0.1
S
13
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
13
0.1
S
13
0.2
SSE
9
0.2
SSE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.2
S
6
0.2
S
6
0.2
S
5
0.3
E
4
0.2
SSE
9
0.3
E
4
0.2
SSE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4
4
7
3
7
7
7
3
8
8
3
3
3
3
3
3
8
3
3
Wind (km/h)
15
W
10
W
15
N
15
N
10
N
5
NNW
10
W
10
SW
15
SSW
10
ESE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
ENE
15
NE
10
ENE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
on
on
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
High Tide
8:43PM1.79m
9:18AM1.64m
9:31PM1.71m
10:06AM1.64m
10:18PM1.61m
Low Tide
2:36PM-0.09m
3:15AM-0.19m
3:26PM-0.07m
3:57AM-0.16m
4:13PM-0.02m
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:03
6:03
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:54
7:53
7:52
 mm
Temp °C
29
29
27
26
25
24
26
28
29
27
26
24
22
22
23
24
24
24
24
Feels °C
27
29
25
24
24
24
25
26
26
28
25
22
19
20
22
22
22
22
23
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