Long Beach surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 20 Mar 2026 EDT
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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
3.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Long Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 2PM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (20 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (20 Mar)5ft (1.6m)6s

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


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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
1
SSE
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)888856677777888888855666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6969551311491811941982571218143343326261718175069948244
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
35
S
45
S
40
SSW
35
SSW
20
SSW
15
WSW
20
NW
25
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
10
E
15
ESE
10
SE
15
SSE
20
S
25
S
30
S
20
S
25
SSW
15
WNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:59AM
1.55
9:16PM
1.69
9:44AM
1.49
10:01PM
1.69
10:35AM
1.42
10:51PM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:05AM
-0.16
3:14PM
-0.17
3:50AM
-0.16
3:54PM
-0.15
4:36AM
-0.12
4:37PM
-0.08
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise-6:58-------6:56-------6:54------
Sunset----7:06-------7:07-------7:07---
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
Rain (mm)
------22--------------414
Temp. °C445677891011811131198778910101310
Feels °C (?)-2-10-3-3-21477178744312265116
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