Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 15 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
23.1°C
2.6° 

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 (16 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 4s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 1AM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)1ft (0.3m)9s
Afternoon (16 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (16 Sep)2ft (0.6m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Fri afternoon, min 17°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
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)
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.5
S
3
0.7
S
4
0.6
S
4
0.5
S
4
0.4
SSW
4
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.7
S
4
0.7
S
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
13
13
13
13
13
13
8
8
7
13
11
7
5
11
11
12
12
17
18
Wind (km/h)
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
S
20
S
25
S
20
SSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
SSW
20
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
11:20PM1.31m
11:47AM1.49m
00:09AM1.22m
12:35PM1.42m
Low Tide
5:13PM0.16m
5:14AM0.20m
5:58PM0.25m
5:53AM0.30m
6:50PM0.34m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:04
7:01
7:00
 mm
Temp °C
18
17
17
18
18
17
18
20
21
22
23
22
22
21
22
24
24
24
23
Feels °C
17
15
15
17
17
16
16
18
19
19
21
20
21
21
21
22
21
22
21
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