Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 10 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
17.8°C
1.0° 

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 (11 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 4s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 1AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)4s
Afternoon (11 Oct)5ft (1.6m)6s
Evening (11 Oct)7ft (2.1m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Mon afternoon, min 14°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the E on Sun night, light winds from the NE by Mon night).

Sat
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
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
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.4
SE
7
0.6
ESE
7
0.9
SE
4
1.3
SE
5
1.6
SE
6
1.7
SE
7
1.9
SE
7
2.2
SE
8
2.1
SE
9
1.8
SE
9
1.8
SE
9
1.6
SE
9
1.2
SSE
9
1
SSE
8
1
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
10
10
9
14
33
24
87
165
253
383
650
631
516
516
402
217
134
128
94
Wind (km/h)
15
SE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
35
E
40
E
35
ENE
30
NE
35
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
15
N
20
N
15
N
15
N
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
7:57PM1.57m
8:21AM1.73m
8:38PM1.51m
9:01AM1.69m
9:18PM1.42m
Low Tide
2:11AM-0.05m
2:41PM-0.04m
2:50AM-0.00m
3:23PM0.00m
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
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7:00
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7:01
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6:22
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6:21
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6:19
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 mm
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1
3
7
3
2
2
1
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1
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Temp °C
17
16
16
16
16
17
17
17
16
16
16
16
14
15
16
20
22
21
18
Feels °C
15
13
13
13
13
14
13
13
11
10
11
12
8
11
12
18
19
20
16
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