Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
23.0°C
1.5° 

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 (01 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 7s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 10AM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Afternoon (01 Sep)1ft (0.3m)7s
Evening (01 Sep)1ft (0.3m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Tue night. Warm (max 27°C on Thu night, min 21°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.3
SE
7
0.3
SE
7
0.4
SE
8
0.3
SE
12
0.5
SE
12
0.5
SE
11
0.5
SE
11
1.1
E
6
1.1
ESE
6
1
ESE
6
0.9
ESE
6
0.9
ESE
6
0.9
ESE
6
0.8
ESE
6
0.7
ESE
6
0.7
SE
6
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
13
12
12
12
7
7
17
23
71
60
58
91
98
85
70
57
66
45
35
39
27
27
25
Wind (km/h)
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
15
S
15
SSE
5
ENE
10
NNE
20
NE
20
NNE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
25
E
20
ESE
15
ESE
5
E
10
SE
20
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
25
W
Wind State
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
glassy
cross
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
10:42AM1.60m
11:08PM1.39m
11:32AM1.59m
00:05AM1.32m
12:29PM1.58m
Low Tide
4:31AM0.01m
5:10PM0.12m
5:10AM0.06m
6:02PM0.18m
5:57AM0.13m
7:08PM0.24m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:20
6:22
6:22
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:27
7:24
7:23
 mm
4
6
1
2
3
1
Temp °C
22
22
23
24
26
25
22
21
21
21
21
22
22
21
21
22
21
22
23
25
26
27
26
Feels °C
24
24
25
25
27
29
25
21
21
20
20
21
21
20
21
25
23
23
25
27
27
27
25
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