Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 03 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
19.3°C
1.6° 

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 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 7s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 4AM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 03). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Afternoon (04 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Evening (04 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)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. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat night, min 10°C on Tue morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Sat
3
Sunday
4
Monday
5
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
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
1
E
5
0.3
SE
10
1.2
ESE
6
1.3
ESE
6
1.4
ESE
6
1.3
ESE
7
1.2
ESE
7
1.4
E
7
1.3
E
7
1
ESE
7
0.9
ESE
7
0.9
ESE
7
0.8
ESE
7
0.6
ESE
7
0.6
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
30
29
0
16
112
134
153
153
128
187
161
88
70
66
57
42
44
35
36
Wind (km/h)
20
ESE
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
30
E
25
E
25
E
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
10
N
15
WNW
20
W
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NNW
25
NNW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
2:10AM1.27m
2:29PM1.52m
3:16AM1.31m
3:36PM1.52m
Low Tide
8:15PM0.20m
8:15AM0.26m
9:25PM0.16m
9:30AM0.22m
10:25PM0.09m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:34
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Temp °C
19
19
17
17
16
16
15
15
15
15
15
16
15
16
17
19
19
17
16
Feels °C
15
15
12
13
11
10
10
11
11
12
14
15
13
14
12
11
11
10
9
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