Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
23.5°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 (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 7s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 5PM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (06 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Evening (06 Sep)1ft (0.3m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Tue afternoon, min 20°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sun
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
E
6
0.5
E
6
0.5
E
7
0.3
ESE
7
0.3
ESE
7
0.4
ESE
7
0.4
ESE
7
0.3
E
7
0.3
ESE
10
0.3
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
10
0.3
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
E
9
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.5
S
3
0.5
S
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
24
17
23
10
10
18
16
8
18
19
10
19
9
8
8
8
6
3
3
5
7
Wind (km/h)
10
NNE
10
E
10
SE
5
ESE
5
NNE
10
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
5
NW
5
WSW
10
SSW
10
W
15
NW
10
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
S
20
S
15
SSW
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
High Tide
3:48PM1.57m
4:33AM1.32m
4:56PM1.62m
5:37AM1.42m
5:56PM1.68m
Low Tide
9:36AM0.20m
10:42PM0.12m
10:42AM0.13m
11:37PM0.03m
11:41AM0.05m
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:26
6:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:19
7:16
7:15
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
21
21
22
22
22
21
20
20
23
25
26
25
25
23
22
21
23
25
27
25
24
Feels °C
20
20
22
22
21
19
16
16
20
23
24
22
23
20
20
19
21
23
24
22
23
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