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Long Beach surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 18 Mar 2026 EDT
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Long Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
3.6° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Long Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 1AM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (19 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (19 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.9
SSE
1
S
1.3
S
1.7
S
1.8
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)999999998888888885567777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1231201201181151128888867171696969555510841902113021319762
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
S
20
SSE
20
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
W
10
NW
5
SSW
25
S
40
S
40
S
35
SSW
30
S
15
SSW
15
NNW
25
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
off		oncross-
on		onononononcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:56PM
1.58
8:16AM
1.57
8:35PM
1.65
8:59AM
1.55
9:16PM
1.69
9:44AM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:20AM
-0.12
2:34PM
-0.17
3:05AM
-0.16
3:14PM
-0.17
3:50AM
-0.16
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise-----7:00-------6:58-------6:56--
Sunset7:04-------7:05-------7:06-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------------371--
Temp. °C-1-1-1-1001123455456667668812
Feels °C (?)-7-7-7-6-5-5-4-5-4-4-2-1012-1-4-3-1-13527
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