Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
23.4°C
2.8° 

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 (13 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 6PM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Sep)1ft (0.3m)10s
Afternoon (13 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Evening (13 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 25°C on Sun night, min 16°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Sun afternoon, fresh winds from the NNW by Mon morning).

Sun
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
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
1
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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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SSE
5
0.8
SSE
5
0.7
SE
5
0.7
SE
6
0.7
SE
6
0.7
SSE
6
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
8
0.5
E
6
0.5
E
6
0.4
ESE
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
21
37
30
32
32
27
29
21
13
12
28
27
19
19
19
12
12
9
15
16
9
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
10
NW
10
W
10
SSW
15
SW
15
W
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
25
N
25
NNE
25
N
20
NNE
20
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
9:33AM1.69m
9:47PM1.53m
10:17AM1.64m
10:32PM1.41m
11:01AM1.56m
Low Tide
3:48PM-0.01m
4:01AM-0.01m
4:30PM0.07m
4:38AM0.09m
5:13PM0.16m
heavy rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:33
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:07
7:06
7:04
 mm
20
4
Temp °C
22
22
24
25
24
24
22
19
21
23
24
22
20
18
17
16
17
19
18
18
18
Feels °C
24
24
26
27
25
25
19
14
16
18
18
16
14
14
13
13
14
17
17
16
16
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