Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 26 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
23.2°C
1.2° 

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 (26 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 8AM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Aug)1ft (0.3m)10s
Afternoon (26 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (26 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Fri afternoon, min 20°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Wed morning, fresh winds from the S by Thu afternoon).

Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
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
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SE
11
0.3
SE
11
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
9
0.6
ESE
8
0.6
ESE
8
0.5
SE
8
1.1
SSE
5
1.3
SSE
5
1.1
S
5
0.5
SE
9
0.6
SE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.7
SE
8
0.8
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.7
S
7
0.6
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
18
18
17
14
29
36
34
34
38
48
46
35
54
87
62
43
62
36
72
82
54
54
54
33
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
SW
10
SSW
20
S
25
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
10
SW
10
W
10
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
10
W
20
NNE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
off
High Tide
6:56AM1.33m
7:09PM1.59m
7:34AM1.41m
7:46PM1.62m
8:10AM1.47m
8:22PM1.62m
Low Tide
00:51AM0.11m
12:55PM0.16m
1:31AM0.04m
1:39PM0.12m
2:10AM-0.01m
2:22PM0.08m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:15
6:16
6:16
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:36
7:35
7:32
 mm
1
5
1
1
1
Temp °C
22
20
20
21
23
24
24
24
24
23
24
25
25
24
25
24
24
23
23
24
27
29
28
25
Feels °C
20
18
20
21
22
21
21
22
23
23
23
22
22
22
24
24
26
25
25
25
27
27
27
23
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