Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 25 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
20.7°C
1.7° 

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 (25 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Sep, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 12s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Sep, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 12s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 12s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 3PM is: 4.0m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 2.5m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 25). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Afternoon (25 Sep)13ft (4.0m)12s
Evening (25 Sep)8ft (2.5m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 91mm), heaviest during Sun morning. Warm (max 21°C on Fri afternoon, min 13°C on Fri night). Mainly gales.

Friday
25
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
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)
2
2
2
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2
1
0
0
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1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
ESE
12
2.1
ESE
12
2.4
ESE
12
4
E
12
3.5
E
12
2.5
ESE
12
2.5
ESE
12
2.5
ESE
12
3.5
E
12
3
ESE
12
2.5
ESE
12
2.5
ESE
12
2.5
ESE
11
2.3
ESE
11
2.2
ESE
11
2.2
ESE
11
3
E
10
3
E
10
2.5
ESE
10
2.1
E
8
2
E
8
1.6
ESE
8
1.5
E
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1195
1280
1560
3945
3740
1708
1805
1935
3471
2635
1933
1745
1462
1194
1155
1134
1854
1702
1310
583
516
310
279
Wind (km/h)
40
NE
40
NNE
45
NE
40
NNE
45
NNE
45
NNE
55
NNE
60
NNE
55
NNE
55
NNE
55
NNE
55
NNE
60
NNE
55
NNE
55
NNE
55
NNE
60
NNE
65
NE
45
E
30
ENE
40
NE
45
NE
45
NE
Wind State
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
7:00AM1.52m
7:15PM1.59m
7:36AM1.61m
7:53PM1.60m
8:12AM1.68m
8:33PM1.58m
Low Tide
1:13PM0.07m
1:31AM-0.03m
1:57PM0.02m
2:10AM-0.06m
2:42PM-0.02m
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2
4
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9
3
1
2
3
4
3
7
13
3
2
5
5
10
Temp °C
14
14
17
20
21
18
15
13
14
13
15
15
14
14
14
15
15
16
18
18
17
16
16
Feels °C
6
5
8
11
12
9
4
1
3
3
5
5
3
4
4
5
4
4
11
14
11
9
9
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