Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 15 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
22.9° C
1.1° 

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 (16 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 6s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 4AM is: 0.3m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Afternoon (16 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Evening (16 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 37°C on Wed afternoon, min 20°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
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
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.2
SSE
9
0.3
S
5
0.3
S
5
0.3
S
6
0.4
S
6
0.4
S
6
0.3
S
5
0.4
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.4
S
5
0.4
S
5
0.4
S
5
0.4
S
5
0.5
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.3
S
6
0.3
S
5
0.4
SE
4
0.4
SSE
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
15
12
12
8
5
5
5
10
10
5
8
12
14
13
8
9
9
9
15
15
8
8
8
8
Wind (km/h)
20
W
20
W
25
NW
25
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
10
W
15
W
15
WSW
20
SSW
15
W
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
N
10
NNE
0
SE
15
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
15
SW
20
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
glassy
on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
8:49AM1.54m
9:03PM1.84m
9:42AM1.56m
9:54PM1.76m
10:36AM1.56m
10:47PM1.66m
Low Tide
2:53PM-0.09m
3:40AM-0.21m
3:45PM-0.07m
4:26AM-0.19m
4:35PM-0.01m
5:11AM-0.12m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:37
5:37
5:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:23
8:22
8:22
8:22
 mm
Temp °C
30
35
37
33
30
29
27
27
30
31
33
33
29
27
24
24
26
27
26
25
24
24
24
23
Feels °C
29
33
34
30
27
28
25
25
27
29
32
29
27
26
23
21
25
24
22
22
22
24
23
22
  • 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