Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 13 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
25.8° C
3.0° 

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 (13 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 4s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 4s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 7AM is: 0.1m 14s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)4s
Afternoon (13 Aug)1ft (0.3m)4s
Evening (13 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Warm (max 30°C on Thu afternoon, min 21°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
13
Friday
14
Saturday
15
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
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
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
S
4
0.5
SSW
4
0.5
SSW
4
0.4
SSW
4
0.4
SSW
4
0.3
S
5
0.2
S
5
0.1
SE
13
0.1
S
13
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.4
S
3
0.3
S
4
0.4
S
4
0.3
S
4
0.1
SE
9
0.3
E
4
0.4
E
4
0.2
SSE
9
0.3
SSE
6
0.4
SSE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6
8
9
8
6
4
4
7
3
7
7
7
3
3
3
3
5
3
3
3
6
8
7
12
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
20
N
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
25
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
10
NNE
5
SSW
15
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
on
off
off
cross-off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
on
High Tide
8:29AM1.62m
8:43PM1.79m
9:18AM1.64m
9:31PM1.71m
10:06AM1.64m
10:18PM1.61m
Low Tide
2:29AM-0.18m
2:36PM-0.09m
3:15AM-0.19m
3:26PM-0.07m
3:57AM-0.16m
4:13PM-0.02m
clear
rain showers
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:01
6:03
6:03
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:54
7:53
7:52
 mm
1
2
Temp °C
25
23
23
25
28
30
30
27
25
24
24
26
28
29
27
25
24
22
21
23
25
25
23
23
Feels °C
24
21
22
24
27
30
27
24
23
23
22
24
26
27
25
21
22
19
18
20
23
23
20
20
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