Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 04 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
24.3° C
1.7° 

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 (04 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 2PM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (04 Aug)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (04 Aug)2ft (0.6m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Thu afternoon, min 22°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, fresh winds from the S by Thu afternoon).

Tuesday
4
Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
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)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SSE
8
1
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
7
0.9
SSE
7
0.8
SSE
7
0.6
SE
7
0.6
SE
7
0.6
SE
7
0.6
SE
7
0.6
SE
7
0.6
SE
7
0.6
SE
6
0.6
SE
7
0.6
SSE
6
0.6
SSE
6
0.5
SE
6
0.6
SSE
6
0.5
SE
6
0.8
SSE
6
0.8
SSE
6
1.2
S
6
1.4
S
6
1.2
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
135
107
84
79
62
30
28
28
29
28
28
25
29
26
26
19
28
19
42
50
88
134
102
Wind (km/h)
10
NE
10
ENE
5
ENE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
WSW
5
WSW
0
ENE
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
SSW
20
S
30
S
30
SSW
20
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
High Tide
12:00PM1.50m
00:19AM1.34m
12:51PM1.53m
1:16AM1.29m
1:47PM1.55m
Low Tide
5:35AM0.05m
6:15PM0.23m
6:19AM0.10m
7:22PM0.27m
7:16AM0.14m
8:39PM0.26m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:54
5:54
5:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:06
8:05
8:04
 mm
2
1
Temp °C
22
22
24
25
25
24
24
24
24
24
25
24
25
25
25
25
24
24
26
29
29
29
29
Feels °C
23
23
25
24
24
23
24
25
25
25
25
25
28
26
26
27
27
27
29
29
27
28
30
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