Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 03 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
24.0° C
1.3° 

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 (03 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 4PM is: 1.9m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.5m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Aug)6ft (1.8m)8s
Afternoon (03 Aug)6ft (1.9m)8s
Evening (03 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Warm (max 28°C on Mon afternoon, min 22°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
3
Tuesday
4
Wednesday
5
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
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
SSE
8
1.9
SSE
8
1.5
SSE
8
1.3
SSE
8
1.2
SSE
8
1.2
SSE
8
1.1
SSE
8
1
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
7
0.9
SSE
7
0.6
S
7
0.6
SE
7
0.5
SE
7
0.8
SSE
7
1
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
7
0.9
SSE
7
0.8
SSE
7
0.8
SSE
7
0.8
SSE
4
0.6
SSE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
370
522
299
206
172
168
142
110
78
81
42
42
25
56
120
93
83
57
56
19
27
Wind (km/h)
30
SSW
25
SW
15
WSW
25
NNW
15
N
10
N
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ESE
15
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
E
20
NE
20
NNE
15
N
5
WNW
15
SSW
20
S
25
S
20
SSW
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
glassy
on
on
on
on
High Tide
11:14AM1.46m
11:27PM1.41m
12:00PM1.50m
00:19AM1.34m
12:51PM1.53m
Low Tide
5:25PM0.20m
5:35AM0.05m
6:15PM0.23m
6:19AM0.10m
7:22PM0.27m
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:54
5:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:07
8:06
8:05
 mm
8
2
4
Temp °C
25
25
28
25
23
23
22
22
24
25
25
24
23
23
23
22
24
27
27
26
27
Feels °C
24
25
30
22
22
23
22
22
25
24
23
22
23
24
24
22
26
28
26
26
27
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