Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 23 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
22.7° C
0.4° 

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 (23 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 3PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (23 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (23 Jul)2ft (0.6m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Thu afternoon, min 20°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
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)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSE
8
0.8
SSE
8
0.8
SSE
8
0.8
SSE
8
0.8
SSE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
S
7
0.6
SE
7
0.6
SE
6
0.6
SE
6
0.4
SE
6
0.6
SE
6
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
6
0.7
SE
6
0.8
ESE
5
0.9
SE
7
1.1
ESE
7
0.9
ESE
7
0.9
ESE
7
1
ESE
7
1.1
ESE
6
1
ESE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
87
73
69
69
69
43
40
37
26
26
14
24
43
25
30
33
79
128
73
68
83
104
85
Wind (km/h)
20
N
15
N
5
N
10
S
20
SE
20
SSE
15
S
5
WSW
5
E
10
E
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
15
ENE
20
ESE
20
ESE
10
SE
15
ESE
Wind State
off
off
off
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
3:02AM1.15m
3:38PM1.44m
3:59AM1.12m
4:32PM1.44m
4:58AM1.12m
5:25PM1.47m
Low Tide
9:20AM0.27m
10:16PM0.29m
10:11AM0.28m
11:06PM0.25m
11:00AM0.27m
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:41
5:43
5:43
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:17
8:16
8:16
 mm
Temp °C
21
20
22
23
23
22
22
22
22
21
23
23
23
22
22
21
20
20
23
23
23
22
22
Feels °C
18
18
21
21
20
19
20
22
22
20
21
20
20
20
21
19
17
17
19
19
19
20
20
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