Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
17.9°C
1.1° 

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 (12 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 6s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 8s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 12AM is: 1.9m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Oct)--
Afternoon (12 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Evening (12 Oct)5ft (1.5m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Sun night. Warm (max 27°C on Wed afternoon, min 14°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the ENE on Sun night, calm by Mon night).

Sun
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
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
1
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
ESE
7
1.5
SSE
8
1.9
SE
8
1.8
SE
8
1.8
SE
9
1.6
SE
9
1.3
SSE
9
1.1
SSE
8
1
SSE
8
1
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
8
0.8
SSE
8
0.8
SSE
8
0.6
SSE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.4
SSE
7
0.7
SSE
7
1
S
4
1
S
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
342
260
470
468
519
379
238
177
131
128
94
73
69
45
28
21
52
35
45
Wind (km/h)
45
E
40
ENE
30
NE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
20
SSE
30
S
25
SSW
25
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
High Tide
8:38PM1.51m
9:01AM1.69m
9:18PM1.42m
9:40AM1.63m
10:01PM1.33m
Low Tide
2:41PM-0.04m
2:50AM-0.00m
3:23PM0.00m
3:27AM0.06m
4:03PM0.06m
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
rain showers
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6:21
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6:19
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 mm
8
6
6
2
1
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Temp °C
15
15
16
15
14
14
16
21
23
22
20
19
19
18
19
19
20
21
20
Feels °C
8
9
12
10
9
9
13
19
22
21
19
19
19
17
19
17
16
18
18
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