Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 17 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
24.3° 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 (17 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 15s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 5s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 3s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 4PM is: 0.1m 14s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)15s
Afternoon (17 Jul)1ft (0.3m)5s
Evening (17 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)3s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Fri afternoon, min 21°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Sat night, light winds from the ENE by Mon morning).

Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
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)
0.1
SE
15
0.3
SSE
5
0.5
S
3
0.5
S
3
0.5
S
3
0.5
S
4
0.5
S
4
0.5
S
4
0.5
S
4
0.5
S
4
0.4
SSE
4
1.1
S
6
0.8
S
6
0.8
S
6
1
S
7
0.9
S
7
0.8
S
7
0.7
S
7
0.6
S
7
0.6
S
7
0.5
S
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
7
9
7
72
43
47
85
72
59
47
34
34
24
Wind (km/h)
5
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
25
SW
20
S
20
SSW
25
S
35
SW
35
SW
30
WNW
35
NW
25
NNW
25
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:36AM1.56m
10:47PM1.66m
11:30AM1.55m
11:38PM1.55m
12:21PM1.54m
Low Tide
4:35PM-0.01m
5:11AM-0.12m
5:26PM0.07m
5:56AM-0.04m
6:18PM0.17m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:37
5:39
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:22
8:22
8:21
 mm
9
2
3
4
Temp °C
25
27
26
25
24
24
24
24
25
22
23
23
23
23
23
22
24
26
27
27
24
Feels °C
25
25
23
23
24
25
25
24
23
22
24
23
21
21
21
18
20
21
22
23
21
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