Long Beach surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 16 Apr 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
8.9° C
(Which is 2.3°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 7PM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (16 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.5
ESE
0.3
SE
0.7
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
Period(s) (?)666666777777766666775777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3434466283798674614734332221131212631825877
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
20
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
WNW
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
NNW
25
NE
15
ENE
10
E
10
NE
15
NE
10
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
20
SE
10
S
15
SSE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
onononcrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:26PM
1.74
7:53AM
1.55
8:09PM
1.81
8:40AM
1.54
8:54PM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:18PM
-0.10
1:59AM
-0.13
2:03PM
-0.13
2:47AM
-0.17
2:48PM
-0.13
3:36AM
-0.18
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise-------6:13-------6:11-------6:09
Sunset--7:34-------7:35-------7:36-----
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C2325222122222019202322181615141414131098899
Feels °C (?)222318181919181616201814131313121210643565
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