Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 16 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
18.3°C
2.3° 

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 (16 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 4s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 7AM is: 0.9m 4s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Oct)3ft (0.9m)4s
Afternoon (16 Oct)3ft (0.9m)5s
Evening (16 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Fri night. Warm (max 22°C on Fri night, min 5°C on Sat night). Mainly strong winds.

Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
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
1
1
2
3
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.9
SSE
4
1
S
5
0.9
S
5
1
S
5
1.3
S
6
0.9
SSE
6
0.9
SSE
6
0.6
SSE
6
0.6
SSE
6
0.5
S
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.3
S
7
0.2
S
7
0.2
SSE
9
0.1
S
7
1.4
ENE
7
1.5
ENE
8
1.7
E
9
2.1
E
9
2
E
10
1.4
ESE
10
1.6
E
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
15
15
29
44
40
55
104
57
52
29
30
21
14
8
4
8
1
208
280
450
763
715
370
479
Wind (km/h)
20
SSE
25
S
30
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
W
25
WNW
35
NW
35
NNW
35
N
35
N
35
N
35
N
40
N
35
NNE
35
NE
35
NNE
30
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
Wind State
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:36PM1.17m
11:53AM1.39m
00:29AM1.12m
12:44PM1.34m
1:22AM1.09m
1:37PM1.31m
Low Tide
5:14AM0.31m
6:11PM0.29m
5:58AM0.39m
7:09PM0.34m
6:59AM0.44m
8:13PM0.35m
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:13
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6:12
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 mm
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1
1
1
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2
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1
2
2
1
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Temp °C
15
16
17
18
19
21
22
17
14
10
8
7
9
10
8
7
6
5
5
7
10
11
11
9
Feels °C
11
13
13
15
17
20
19
13
7
2
0
-2
1
0
-2
-2
-3
-4
-4
-1
3
4
5
2
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