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Long Beach surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 31 Jan 2026 EST
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Long Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
3.5° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Long Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 1PM is: 0.1m 11s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 31). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)11s
Afternoon (31 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Evening (31 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NW
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.7
NNE
0.1
SE
0.1
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
1.1
SE
0.9
ESE
0.9
SE
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
ESE
Period(s) (?)311111110101041010678910111111111111111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)024222204434478010317324224228821117215413013790
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
20
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
15
N
20
NNE
35
NNE
30
NNE
35
NNE
40
N
40
N
40
NNW
35
NNW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:43AM
1.63
6:17PM
1.37
6:35AM
1.67
7:07PM
1.44
7:23AM
1.67
7:55PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:18PM
-0.21
12:19AM
-0.17
1:08PM
-0.26
1:11AM
-0.20
1:55PM
-0.29
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
Sunrise--7:05-------7:03-------7:03-----
Sunset----5:09-------5:12-------5:13---
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-13-14-14-11-9-9-10-10-11-12-11-8-6-7-9-10-10-10-8-4-1-3-5-6
Feels °C (?)-21-21-20-16-15-16-20-19-22-23-22-19-15-16-18-18-18-18-16-12-9-10-12-13
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