Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
22.9°C
1.9° 

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 (09 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 4s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 6AM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Afternoon (09 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)4s
Evening (09 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Thu morning. Warm (max 29°C on Thu afternoon, min 20°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the S on Wed afternoon, light winds from the NNW by Fri night).

Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
Friday
11
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
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
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)
0.2
SSE
9
0.2
SSE
9
0.2
SSE
9
0.2
SSE
9
0.5
S
3
1.1
S
5
1.4
S
5
1.3
S
6
1.3
S
6
1.2
S
6
1.4
SSW
6
0.9
SSW
6
1
SSW
6
1.1
SSW
7
0.6
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.5
S
7
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8
8
7
7
5
50
109
103
118
108
144
66
90
114
29
26
25
16
11
11
22
14
13
12
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
SW
20
SSW
25
S
40
S
40
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
NNE
Wind State
on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
glassy
off
High Tide
6:32AM1.54m
6:49PM1.73m
7:21AM1.64m
7:36PM1.73m
8:07AM1.70m
8:21PM1.70m
Low Tide
00:28AM-0.05m
12:36PM-0.01m
1:16AM-0.11m
1:28PM-0.06m
2:01AM-0.14m
2:18PM-0.07m
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:28
6:28
6:30
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:14
7:12
7:10
 mm
1
Temp °C
23
23
22
23
25
25
24
23
24
24
23
23
26
29
27
27
24
23
21
22
24
25
25
22
Feels °C
23
23
22
22
22
20
19
19
20
21
20
21
25
27
27
26
22
20
17
18
21
22
23
19
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