Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
18.0°C
0.9° 

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 (08 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 9PM is: 0.4m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)3ft (0.9m)5s
Afternoon (08 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Evening (08 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)5s

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 16°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
5
0.5
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.4
S
5
0.3
S
5
0.3
S
5
0.2
S
5
0.2
SSE
8
0.2
S
4
0.4
W
3
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
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
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
41
13
13
9
5
4
3
6
3
3
3
3
11
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
9
Wind (km/h)
20
W
20
W
25
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
W
25
W
20
W
20
WNW
10
NW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
15
N
10
NNE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
6:29PM1.60m
6:59AM1.68m
7:14PM1.60m
7:41AM1.73m
7:57PM1.57m
Low Tide
12:22PM0.01m
00:48AM-0.08m
1:11PM-0.03m
1:31AM-0.08m
1:57PM-0.05m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
18
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17
16
16
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20
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18
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16
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Feels °C
14
16
16
17
14
13
12
12
11
14
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16
15
14
12
13
15
14
13
13
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