Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 17 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
18.1°C
2.3° 

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 (17 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 6s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 7s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 7PM is: 0.1m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 17). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Afternoon (17 Oct)1ft (0.3m)6s
Evening (17 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 14°C on Mon afternoon, min 6°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Sun afternoon, fresh winds from the NNE by Tue morning).

Sat
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
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
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
3
3
2
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSE
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.3
SSE
6
0.2
S
7
0.2
SSE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.5
E
7
0.8
ENE
7
1.2
ENE
7
0.8
E
8
1.1
E
7
0.7
E
6
0.7
E
6
0.8
ESE
6
0.9
ESE
6
1.7
E
9
1.5
ESE
10
2.4
E
10
2.4
E
11
2
ESE
11
2
ESE
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
15
13
8
3
8
3
23
67
151
82
134
41
36
50
66
492
433
1265
1304
978
1009
Wind (km/h)
35
N
30
N
30
N
35
N
35
N
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
ENE
15
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
35
NNE
35
NNE
Wind State
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
12:44PM1.34m
1:22AM1.09m
1:37PM1.31m
2:16AM1.10m
2:31PM1.30m
Low Tide
7:09PM0.34m
6:59AM0.44m
8:13PM0.35m
8:17AM0.45m
9:13PM0.31m
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
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Temp °C
10
11
10
10
8
7
6
6
8
11
12
11
11
10
10
8
10
12
14
13
12
Feels °C
1
3
1
1
-1
-1
-1
-1
2
5
7
6
5
5
4
2
3
4
7
6
5
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