Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 27 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
16.1°C
1.5° 

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 (27 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 6PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 27). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (27 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (27 Oct)2ft (0.6m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu night, min 11°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
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
1
1
1
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)
0.4
SE
10
0.5
SE
8
0.6
SE
10
0.6
SE
10
0.6
SE
9
0.7
ESE
9
0.7
ESE
9
0.6
ESE
8
0.6
ESE
8
0.6
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.5
S
4
0.6
S
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
33
35
59
59
52
70
67
48
47
46
27
33
32
32
24
23
23
14
14
6
12
Wind (km/h)
20
NNE
10
NNE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ENE
5
E
5
E
5
ESE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
25
S
20
SW
20
SW
Wind State
off
off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
8:26AM1.81m
8:58PM1.48m
9:12AM1.80m
9:50PM1.42m
10:04AM1.74m
10:49PM1.36m
Low Tide
3:09PM-0.12m
3:06AM-0.08m
3:58PM-0.09m
3:54AM-0.03m
4:49PM-0.05m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
12
14
14
12
12
12
12
11
12
13
13
13
14
14
13
13
13
15
16
18
17
Feels °C
7
10
11
8
9
9
10
9
10
10
9
9
11
12
11
11
10
12
12
15
14
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