Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 28 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
16.3°C
1.8° 

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 (28 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 3PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Oct)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (28 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (28 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Fri afternoon, min 10°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Wed afternoon, fresh winds from the NNW by Fri afternoon).

Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
ESE
9
0.6
ESE
8
0.6
ESE
8
0.6
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.6
SSE
4
0.6
S
4
0.7
S
4
0.7
SSW
4
0.3
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SSE
8
0.5
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
67
48
47
46
27
33
32
32
31
28
20
15
14
13
12
18
16
9
18
13
13
26
31
Wind (km/h)
10
ENE
10
NE
10
E
10
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WNW
25
NW
35
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:12AM1.80m
9:50PM1.42m
10:04AM1.74m
10:49PM1.36m
11:04AM1.66m
Low Tide
3:06AM-0.08m
3:58PM-0.09m
3:54AM-0.03m
4:49PM-0.05m
4:44AM0.04m
5:44PM0.02m
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
12
11
11
13
13
14
14
14
14
13
14
16
17
19
17
15
15
15
17
20
16
12
11
Feels °C
9
8
8
11
10
11
11
11
12
11
12
13
13
16
14
11
11
11
13
14
8
5
5
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