Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
23.4°C
2.2° 

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 (08 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 3s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 10AM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Afternoon (08 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Evening (08 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)3s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 26°C on Tue afternoon, min 20°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Tue night, fresh winds from the SSW by Wed night).

Tuesday
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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)
0
0
0
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)
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
E
9
0.1
E
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.4
S
3
0.5
S
4
0.4
SSW
4
0.2
SSE
9
0.2
SSE
9
0.3
SSW
4
0.6
S
3
1
S
5
1.3
S
6
1.3
S
6
1.4
S
6
1.3
S
6
1.2
S
6
1
S
6
0.9
S
7
1
SSW
7
0.7
S
7
0.7
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8
8
6
3
7
3
7
4
8
7
4
8
43
101
105
141
130
123
86
71
96
43
39
Wind (km/h)
20
W
20
NW
15
WNW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
SSW
30
S
35
S
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
25
W
25
W
20
W
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
5:37AM1.42m
5:56PM1.68m
6:32AM1.54m
6:49PM1.73m
7:21AM1.64m
7:36PM1.73m
Low Tide
11:41AM0.05m
00:28AM-0.05m
12:36PM-0.01m
1:16AM-0.11m
1:28PM-0.06m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:28
6:28
6:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:15
7:14
7:12
 mm
2
Temp °C
21
20
22
25
26
25
25
25
23
22
23
25
26
25
24
24
24
24
24
24
25
24
24
Feels °C
18
17
20
22
23
23
24
24
22
22
23
22
22
21
20
20
22
21
21
23
24
24
24
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