Long Beach surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 02 May 2026 EDT
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Long Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
10.6° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Long Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 2AM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm May 02). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 May)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (03 May)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (03 May)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Tue afternoon, min 6°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Sat night, fresh winds from the SSW by Tue afternoon).

Sat
2
Sunday
3
Monday
4
Tue
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 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
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.9
SSW
5
0.9
S
6
1.1
S
6
1.1
S
6
1.2
S
6
1.2
S
6
1.2
S
6
1.2
S
6
1.2
S
7
1.3
S
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
43
43
43
43
43
44
45
44
30
28
42
38
38
26
36
58
80
86
96
99
109
120
135
173
Wind (km/h)
5
SW
10
NW
25
N
25
N
20
NNW
30
NW
35
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
35
SW
25
WSW
15
SW
30
S
20
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
30
SSW
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
8:48PM1.64m
9:12AM1.32m
9:24PM1.59m
9:52AM1.26m
10:01PM1.52m
10:35AM1.21m
Low Tide
2:37PM0.10m
3:17AM0.02m
3:13PM0.15m
3:54AM0.05m
3:48PM0.20m
4:32AM0.10m
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
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5:50
5:50
5:48
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7:51
7:52
7:52
7:53
Temp °C
14
14
11
9
7
6
9
12
14
15
14
12
11
11
15
17
16
18
16
14
15
16
19
20
11
10
4
2
0
-2
0
3
6
9
10
6
4
3
9
12
9
13
10
8
10
11
14
14
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.1
E
8
1.2
S
6
0.1
E
8
0.1
E
9
Energy kJ
43
43
43
43
43
44
45
44
30
28
42
38
38
26
23
14
15
8
8
8
1
120
1
2
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
S
4
0.2
S
4
0.2
S
4
0.1
S
6
0.1
SE
4
0.2
SSE
6
0.3
SSE
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.4
SSE
7
0.4
SSE
7
0.4
SSE
7
0.4
SSE
7
0.3
SSE
7
0.3
SSE
8
0.3
SSE
8
Energy kJ
3
1
1
1
1
4
8
13
15
20
20
18
11
11
11
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
S
7
0.1
S
7
0.1
S
6
0.1
NE
4
0.1
SE
8
0.1
SE
8
0.4
SSE
6
0.1
S
8
Energy kJ
1
1
1
1
2
2
14
1
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
NNW
3
0.4
NNW
3
0.6
NW
3
0.6
NW
4
0.5
NW
3
0.6
WNW
3
0.4
WNW
3
0.3
W
3
0.3
WSW
3
0.6
SW
3
0.8
SSW
4
0.9
SSW
5
0.9
S
6
1.1
S
6
1.1
S
6
1.2
S
6
1.2
S
6
1.2
S
6
1.2
S
7
1.3
S
7
Energy kJ
2
3
6
10
6
7
4
1
1
6
22
36
58
80
86
96
99
109
135
173
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Distance (km)
19
3
3
3
13
8
351
310
46
0
8
103
159
302
342
36
185
32
180
180
180
1339
1260
391
Best forecast wave conditions in Long Island New York
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Best forecast wave conditions in United States
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
3
1
3
4
4
3
1
1
4
3
4
3
3
1
2
2
3
1
3
3
2
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
4
5
4
5
5
5
5
5
4
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