Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 02 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
23.4° C
0.6° 

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 (02 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 4s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 11AM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Afternoon (02 Aug)3ft (0.9m)4s
Evening (02 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 41mm), heaviest during Mon morning. Warm (max 26°C on Mon afternoon, min 22°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Mon morning, light winds from the ESE by Tue morning).

Sunday
2
Monday
3
Tuesday
4
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
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSE
4
0.4
SE
7
0.8
SSE
7
0.9
SSE
4
0.9
SSE
4
0.8
SSE
5
0.9
SSE
5
1
SSE
5
1.2
SSE
6
1.5
S
7
1.6
SSE
8
1.6
SSE
8
1.8
S
8
2
S
8
1.4
SSE
8
1.2
SSE
8
1.1
SSE
8
1
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
7
0.8
SSE
7
0.8
SSE
7
0.7
SE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
15
15
51
26
28
24
36
53
101
225
291
338
443
516
232
187
159
110
88
86
66
62
49
Wind (km/h)
20
S
20
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
25
S
25
S
30
SSW
35
SSW
25
SW
30
SSW
20
W
15
NW
20
N
15
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
5
ESE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
10:32AM1.43m
10:41PM1.47m
11:14AM1.46m
11:27PM1.41m
12:00PM1.50m
Low Tide
4:27AM-0.00m
4:42PM0.17m
5:00AM0.02m
5:25PM0.20m
5:35AM0.05m
6:15PM0.23m
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cloud
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part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:52
5:52
5:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:08
8:07
8:06
 mm
1
2
3
4
22
1
4
2
Temp °C
24
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
24
25
23
26
26
26
23
23
22
22
24
24
25
24
24
Feels °C
25
25
25
25
25
26
25
25
24
24
23
25
26
26
21
23
22
21
24
22
23
21
23
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