Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 12 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
23.1°C
2.3° 

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 (12 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 7PM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Sep)1ft (0.3m)9s
Afternoon (12 Sep)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (12 Sep)1ft (0.3m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 30mm), heaviest during Sun morning. Warm (max 26°C on Sun night, min 16°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
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)
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
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.7
SSE
5
0.8
SSE
5
0.8
SSE
5
0.7
SSE
5
0.7
SSE
5
0.8
SSE
5
0.4
SE
9
0.6
SSE
5
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
13
13
14
14
15
15
16
23
30
31
24
23
37
25
19
13
13
28
39
27
27
Wind (km/h)
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
30
SSW
20
W
15
WNW
10
W
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
25
NW
25
N
25
NNW
20
N
25
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
High Tide
8:50AM1.71m
9:04PM1.62m
9:33AM1.69m
9:47PM1.53m
10:17AM1.64m
10:32PM1.41m
Low Tide
3:04PM-0.05m
3:24AM-0.08m
3:48PM-0.01m
4:01AM-0.01m
4:30PM0.07m
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:31
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:08
7:07
7:06
 mm
3
10
16
1
Temp °C
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
23
22
23
25
26
26
24
22
19
21
23
24
22
20
Feels °C
21
19
19
19
20
21
23
22
22
24
27
28
27
25
20
16
17
19
18
15
14
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