Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
22.9°C
1.6° 

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 (03 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 10AM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (03 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (03 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 30°C on Fri afternoon, min 18°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
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)
0.7
ESE
6
0.7
ESE
6
0.7
ESE
6
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
30
30
31
28
27
36
25
25
35
34
24
26
25
10
10
10
10
10
10
14
14
9
10
Wind (km/h)
10
WSW
15
W
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
W
15
WSW
20
W
20
SW
15
W
15
NW
15
W
15
W
20
WNW
15
NNW
25
N
25
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
25
N
25
N
20
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
High Tide
12:29PM1.58m
1:07AM1.27m
1:31PM1.56m
2:13AM1.24m
2:38PM1.55m
Low Tide
5:57AM0.13m
7:08PM0.24m
6:59AM0.20m
8:26PM0.25m
8:19AM0.23m
9:39PM0.20m
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:22
6:24
6:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:23
7:22
7:20
 mm
1
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
22
22
23
26
27
26
23
22
22
23
26
29
30
28
27
24
22
22
24
26
25
24
22
Feels °C
25
24
24
28
29
27
23
21
22
24
27
29
30
27
25
21
18
20
21
24
21
20
19
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