Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 15 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
24.9° C
2.2° 

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 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 6s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 3s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 4s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 3AM is: 0.2m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)6s
Afternoon (16 Aug)2ft (0.6m)3s
Evening (16 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 29°C on Mon night, min 21°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Sat night, fresh winds from the S by Sun night).

Sat
15
Sunday
16
Monday
17
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
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
SSE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.2
SSE
5
0.2
SSE
6
0.2
SSE
6
0.2
S
6
0.3
SSE
6
0.6
S
3
0.7
S
4
0.8
S
4
0.9
S
4
1
SSE
5
1.1
S
5
1
SSE
5
0.9
SSE
5
0.9
SSE
6
0.8
SSE
6
0.6
S
6
0.6
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8
3
3
4
4
3
7
6
14
22
30
47
64
58
51
43
41
30
31
Wind (km/h)
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
5
SSE
10
S
15
SSE
25
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
S
35
S
30
SSE
15
SW
15
NW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WNW
10
NNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
10:18PM1.61m
10:55AM1.61m
11:06PM1.49m
11:43AM1.56m
Low Tide
4:13PM-0.02m
4:37AM-0.09m
4:59PM0.06m
5:17AM0.02m
5:46PM0.16m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:05
6:05
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:52
7:51
7:50
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
26
25
24
24
23
23
24
24
23
21
21
21
23
24
24
26
28
29
27
Feels °C
25
24
23
24
24
23
23
20
19
18
18
17
21
27
26
28
29
30
29
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