Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 29 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
23.0°C
1.3° 

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 (29 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 8PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 29). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Aug)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (29 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (29 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 25°C on Sat afternoon, min 21°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
29
Sunday
30
Monday
31
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.7
S
4
1.1
SSW
5
0.7
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
35
21
30
21
21
22
23
24
24
24
14
61
25
12
11
10
10
10
10
9
14
Wind (km/h)
15
NNE
5
WSW
10
S
15
S
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
15
S
20
SSW
10
SSW
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
10
S
15
S
10
WSW
15
W
Wind State
off
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
glassy
glassy
off
off
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
8:45AM1.52m
8:58PM1.59m
9:20AM1.57m
9:36PM1.54m
9:59AM1.59m
10:19PM1.47m
Low Tide
3:04PM0.06m
3:22AM-0.04m
3:44PM0.06m
3:56AM-0.03m
4:26PM0.08m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:18
6:20
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:31
7:30
7:29
 mm
2
5
1
Temp °C
21
23
25
24
23
22
22
21
23
25
25
25
24
23
23
22
23
24
25
25
24
Feels °C
19
21
22
21
21
21
21
19
20
24
25
27
26
25
24
21
23
24
24
25
23
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