Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 10 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
22.9°C
2.0° 

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 (10 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 7s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 5AM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Afternoon (10 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Evening (10 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Sat night. Warm (max 30°C on Thu night, min 20°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
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)
1.4
S
6
1.2
S
6
1.4
SSW
6
0.9
S
6
0.7
S
7
0.6
S
7
1
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.3
SE
9
0.7
S
7
0.4
S
7
0.4
S
6
0.2
SSE
9
0.2
S
6
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
137
108
149
66
42
31
81
25
24
17
16
10
14
44
14
13
8
4
13
13
13
14
14
15
Wind (km/h)
35
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
15
SW
20
SSW
15
WSW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ESE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
7:21AM1.64m
7:36PM1.73m
8:07AM1.70m
8:21PM1.70m
8:50AM1.71m
9:04PM1.62m
Low Tide
1:16AM-0.11m
1:28PM-0.06m
2:01AM-0.14m
2:18PM-0.07m
2:44AM-0.13m
3:04PM-0.05m
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:28
6:30
6:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:12
7:10
7:08
 mm
Temp °C
24
24
23
24
29
28
30
28
25
24
23
24
26
27
26
24
22
21
20
22
23
23
23
23
Feels °C
20
21
20
24
29
27
29
27
23
20
20
21
22
24
25
21
19
18
17
21
22
22
21
22
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