Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
22.9°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 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 1AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (04 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (04 Sep)1ft (0.3m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 30°C on Fri afternoon, min 18°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
3
Friday
4
Saturday
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
0
0
0
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)
0.7
SE
6
0.5
SE
9
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.4
SE
7
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
34
37
25
25
35
24
24
26
16
10
17
10
10
10
10
14
9
9
10
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WNW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
10
NNW
0
NE
5
ESE
15
E
5
E
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:07AM1.27m
1:31PM1.56m
2:13AM1.24m
2:38PM1.55m
Low Tide
7:08PM0.24m
6:59AM0.20m
8:26PM0.25m
8:19AM0.23m
9:39PM0.20m
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:24
6:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:23
7:22
7:20
 mm
1
2
1
Temp °C
27
29
27
25
24
23
26
29
30
29
26
23
22
21
24
25
25
23
23
Feels °C
28
30
28
27
25
23
26
27
27
26
24
21
21
18
22
25
24
21
23
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