Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 19 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
23.5° 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 (19 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (19 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 10AM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Afternoon (19 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Evening (19 Aug)1ft (0.3m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 27°C on Wed afternoon, min 22°C on Thu afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
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
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SSE
7
0.4
SSE
7
0.5
SE
6
0.5
SE
6
0.6
SSE
6
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.9
SE
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
26
18
21
19
23
13
13
28
39
38
26
25
24
11
24
11
26
11
11
11
12
12
41
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
WSW
10
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
ESE
5
SE
5
ESE
10
NNE
15
NE
15
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
15
E
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:18PM1.45m
1:34AM1.18m
2:06PM1.40m
2:27AM1.12m
2:58PM1.38m
Low Tide
6:41AM0.23m
7:35PM0.33m
7:34AM0.32m
8:39PM0.36m
8:36AM0.37m
9:41PM0.35m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:07
6:09
6:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:46
7:45
7:44
 mm
1
Temp °C
25
24
26
27
27
27
27
27
25
24
25
22
23
23
23
23
22
22
23
24
24
23
23
Feels °C
26
24
26
26
25
25
27
27
25
24
24
21
23
23
23
25
22
21
22
23
23
23
24
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