Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 20 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
23.1°C
3.4° 

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 (20 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 4s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 5s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 11PM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Sep)--
Afternoon (20 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)4s
Evening (20 Sep)2ft (0.6m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 22°C on Mon afternoon, min 13°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Sun night, strong winds from the NE by Wed morning).

Sun
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SSE
5
0.7
SE
5
0.6
ESE
5
0.6
ESE
5
0.6
ESE
5
0.6
ESE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
8
1
E
6
1.3
E
7
1.3
E
7
1.3
E
7
1.5
E
7
1.5
E
7
1.8
E
8
1.9
ESE
8
2
E
8
1.9
ESE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
54
25
19
17
19
48
57
19
24
86
166
181
183
236
246
377
473
548
509
Wind (km/h)
25
S
20
SSW
15
NW
25
N
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
25
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
30
NE
35
NE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
Wind State
cross-on
on
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:15PM1.34m
3:51AM1.13m
4:12PM1.37m
4:48AM1.20m
5:06PM1.43m
Low Tide
9:58PM0.33m
10:01AM0.38m
10:47PM0.26m
10:53AM0.30m
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:39
6:41
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:54
6:53
6:52
 mm
1
3
2
Temp °C
21
21
21
18
17
16
18
20
22
21
18
17
16
16
15
14
15
15
14
Feels °C
19
21
22
15
13
11
12
15
18
16
13
12
11
11
9
8
8
8
7
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