Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 07 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
18.6°C
1.4° 

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 (07 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 7s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 3s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 4s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 10AM is: 0.2m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)7s
Afternoon (07 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)3s
Evening (07 Oct)3ft (0.9m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Thu afternoon, min 13°C on Wed morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
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
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)
0.2
E
7
0.2
E
7
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.6
S
3
0.9
S
4
1
S
5
0.9
SSW
5
0.9
SSW
5
0.8
SSW
5
0.7
SSW
5
0.6
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.4
S
5
0.4
S
5
0.3
S
5
0.3
S
5
0.2
S
5
0.2
SSE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4
4
3
3
8
28
45
38
40
35
27
19
14
9
9
5
5
3
7
11
11
10
17
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
10
WSW
15
SSW
25
SSW
30
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
25
W
20
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
25
W
20
W
20
WNW
20
NNW
15
N
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:21AM1.49m
5:38PM1.58m
6:13AM1.60m
6:29PM1.60m
6:59AM1.68m
7:14PM1.60m
Low Tide
11:30AM0.07m
00:04AM-0.05m
12:22PM0.01m
00:48AM-0.08m
1:11PM-0.03m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
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6:58
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Temp °C
13
13
14
15
17
17
16
16
16
15
18
22
23
21
19
17
16
15
17
19
21
19
16
Feels °C
11
10
10
9
11
11
10
11
12
11
14
17
16
15
15
13
12
11
11
14
15
15
12
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