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Long Beach surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 08 Jan 2026 EST
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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
5.5° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Long Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 1AM is: 0.2m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Afternoon (09 Jan)3ft (0.9m)4s
Evening (09 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)5s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
S
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.9
SSE
1
S
1
S
1.3
S
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
SSE
0.7
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)777766644566666666667888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1699481320143450621125634252517172140125172130105
Wind
(km/h)
0
N
5
ESE
5
SE
10
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
25
S
30
S
25
S
30
SSW
25
SW
25
W
20
NNW
10
NNW
15
NE
20
E
25
ENE
30
NE
20
N
10
N
5
NE
5
SE
10
WSW
30
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:42PM
1.33
11:49AM
1.26
12:30AM
1.30
12:38PM
1.16
1:18AM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:17PM
-0.06
5:37AM
0.12
6:04PM
0.03
6:36AM
0.19
6:56PM
0.10
7:39AM
0.22
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise------7:16-------7:16-------7:16-
Sunset4:44-------4:45-------4:45-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------2-----211161--13-
Temp. °C88766667891313766444445558
Feels °C (?)6542210023910121-1-3-3-103320
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