Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 24 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
21.3°C
2.1° 

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 (24 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 11s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 12s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 11PM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 2.4m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Sep)--
Afternoon (24 Sep)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (24 Sep)8ft (2.5m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 87mm), heaviest during Sat night. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri afternoon, min 12°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (fresh winds from the NE on Thu night, near gales from the NE by Sun afternoon).

Thu
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
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)
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3
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2
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1
1
1
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1
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1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
E
11
2.5
ESE
12
3
E
11
2.1
ESE
12
3
E
11
2.3
ESE
12
3.5
E
12
3.5
E
12
2.3
ESE
12
2.4
ESE
12
2.5
ESE
12
3.5
E
12
2.5
ESE
12
3
ESE
12
2.5
ESE
12
2.4
ESE
11
2.2
ESE
11
2.1
ESE
11
1.8
ESE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2253
1863
2472
1216
2366
1447
3481
3541
1471
1613
1964
3504
2071
2135
1903
1488
1141
990
703
Wind (km/h)
30
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
40
NE
40
NNE
40
NE
35
NNE
40
NE
55
NE
55
NNE
55
NNE
55
NNE
50
NNE
50
NNE
50
NNE
50
N
50
N
50
N
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
6:36PM1.56m
7:00AM1.52m
7:15PM1.59m
7:36AM1.61m
7:53PM1.60m
Low Tide
00:52AM0.03m
1:13PM0.07m
1:31AM-0.03m
1:57PM0.02m
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light rain
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5
1
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10
6
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Temp °C
19
17
14
13
13
14
16
19
18
12
13
13
13
13
14
14
14
14
15
Feels °C
12
9
7
5
5
6
7
11
9
1
3
3
3
3
5
4
4
4
6
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