Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 31 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
23.1°C
1.6° 

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 (01 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 7s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 3AM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 31). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Afternoon (01 Sep)1ft (0.3m)7s
Evening (01 Sep)1ft (0.3m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Tue night. Warm (max 30°C on Thu afternoon, min 21°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Tue afternoon, fresh winds from the W by Thu morning).

Mon
31
Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
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
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.3
SE
7
0.4
SE
8
0.3
SE
12
0.5
SE
12
0.5
SE
11
1
E
6
0.5
SE
11
1.1
ESE
6
1.1
ESE
6
1
ESE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
10
9
14
14
13
12
12
12
11
7
17
23
71
60
76
57
87
90
80
Wind (km/h)
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
S
10
SSE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
E
25
E
25
E
20
E
20
ESE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
High Tide
10:19PM1.47m
10:42AM1.60m
11:08PM1.39m
11:32AM1.59m
Low Tide
4:26PM0.08m
4:31AM0.01m
5:10PM0.12m
5:10AM0.06m
6:02PM0.18m
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:20
6:22
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:29
7:27
7:24
 mm
1
1
1
1
2
3
1
Temp °C
22
22
22
22
22
22
23
25
26
25
22
22
21
21
21
22
22
22
22
Feels °C
23
22
23
23
24
24
26
28
28
27
23
24
21
20
19
21
20
22
23
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Long Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest