Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 08 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
24.9° C
2.1° 

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 (08 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 4PM is: 0.7m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Aug)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (08 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (08 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Mon afternoon. Warm (max 33°C on Sun night, min 25°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
8
Sunday
9
Monday
10
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.8
S
5
0.8
SSE
6
0.8
SSE
6
0.8
S
6
0.8
S
6
0.7
S
7
0.7
S
7
0.8
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.4
SSE
5
0.5
S
5
0.4
S
5
0.5
S
6
0.8
SSW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
25
25
18
37
46
51
51
52
43
44
52
27
18
17
16
16
10
13
8
20
51
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
20
S
20
SSW
20
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
SSW
25
SSW
15
W
15
N
10
ENE
5
ESE
10
SE
10
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
W
15
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
off
cross-off
cross
cross
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
3:58PM1.61m
4:41AM1.28m
5:07PM1.67m
5:48AM1.36m
6:10PM1.74m
Low Tide
9:42AM0.15m
10:55PM0.12m
10:48AM0.09m
11:53PM0.02m
11:50AM0.03m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:58
5:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:01
8:00
7:59
 mm
1
Temp °C
27
29
30
32
29
26
25
26
28
32
32
33
30
27
26
26
27
28
29
30
29
Feels °C
28
29
30
31
28
26
25
27
28
31
30
32
29
26
26
26
28
28
30
30
29
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