Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
17.9°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 (11 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 6PM is: 2.1m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Afternoon (11 Oct)6ft (1.8m)6s
Evening (11 Oct)7ft (2.2m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 25mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 22°C on Mon afternoon, min 14°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the E on Sun afternoon, calm by Mon night).

Sun
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
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
1
1
2
1
2
2
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
ESE
5
1.7
ESE
6
2
SE
7
2.2
SE
8
2.2
SE
8
2
SE
9
1.8
SE
9
1.3
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
9
1.1
SSE
9
1
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
8
0.8
SSE
8
0.6
SSE
8
0.6
SSE
8
0.5
SSE
8
0.5
SSE
8
0.7
S
7
1
S
4
0.9
S
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
69
189
363
579
634
571
540
286
280
186
134
96
96
75
49
47
33
32
54
38
37
Wind (km/h)
30
E
35
E
40
E
40
E
35
ENE
35
NE
35
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
10
N
5
NNE
0
SSW
10
SSE
10
S
20
S
30
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
High Tide
8:21AM1.73m
8:38PM1.51m
9:01AM1.69m
9:18PM1.42m
9:40AM1.63m
10:01PM1.33m
Low Tide
2:41PM-0.04m
2:50AM-0.00m
3:23PM0.00m
3:27AM0.06m
4:03PM0.06m
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
rain showers
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Temp °C
16
17
17
16
16
15
14
14
16
20
22
20
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18
18
17
18
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20
21
19
Feels °C
11
12
11
10
11
10
8
10
12
18
20
18
18
18
19
16
17
17
17
18
16
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