Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 17 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
24.3° 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 (17 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 15s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 5s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 3s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 10AM is: 0.1m 15s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)15s
Afternoon (17 Jul)1ft (0.3m)5s
Evening (17 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)3s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 25mm), heaviest during Sat afternoon. Warm (max 28°C on Sun afternoon, min 21°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, fresh winds from the WSW by Sat night).

Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
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
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
SE
15
0.1
SE
15
0.1
SE
15
0.3
SSE
5
0.5
S
3
0.5
S
3
0.1
SE
14
0.4
S
4
0.4
S
4
0.4
S
4
0.5
S
4
0.5
S
4
0.6
S
5
0.7
S
5
0.9
S
6
0.9
S
6
0.9
S
6
0.8
S
6
0.7
S
7
0.7
S
7
0.6
S
7
0.6
S
7
0.5
S
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
9
9
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
7
8
15
25
50
60
60
54
49
48
36
35
24
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
10
NNE
5
S
15
SSE
20
S
15
SSE
15
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
20
SSW
10
WSW
15
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
30
WSW
30
W
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State
cross-off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:36AM1.56m
10:47PM1.66m
11:30AM1.55m
11:38PM1.55m
12:21PM1.54m
Low Tide
4:26AM-0.19m
4:35PM-0.01m
5:11AM-0.12m
5:26PM0.07m
5:56AM-0.04m
6:18PM0.17m
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
heavy rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:37
5:37
5:39
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:22
8:22
8:21
 mm
6
14
1
2
2
Temp °C
25
24
25
27
26
26
25
24
24
24
25
22
23
24
23
23
23
22
24
26
28
27
25
Feels °C
24
24
26
25
24
25
25
25
25
23
23
24
25
24
22
22
22
19
20
21
23
23
22
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