Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 27 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
23.1° C
0.6° 

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 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 1AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 27). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (28 Jul)4ft (1.2m)6s
Evening (28 Jul)5ft (1.5m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 36mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Wed afternoon, min 21°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Tue afternoon, light winds from the NW by Wed morning).

Mon
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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
0.7
S
5
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.9
S
5
1.2
SSE
6
1.3
SSE
6
1.4
SSE
6
1.7
SSE
6
1.5
SSE
7
1.3
SSE
7
1.1
SSE
7
1
SSE
7
0.9
SSE
7
0.9
SSE
7
0.9
SSE
7
0.9
SSE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
20
20
20
21
29
29
40
91
98
128
219
195
153
113
85
68
81
84
86
Wind (km/h)
25
S
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SSW
25
SSW
30
S
25
S
35
SSE
30
S
20
SSE
20
SW
15
W
15
NW
10
NW
15
SW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
Wind State
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:57PM1.56m
7:24AM1.26m
7:37PM1.60m
8:04AM1.30m
8:14PM1.61m
Low Tide
1:23AM0.10m
1:20PM0.18m
2:05AM0.05m
2:04PM0.16m
clear
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:47
5:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:15
8:14
8:13
 mm
3
1
1
2
5
8
6
3
3
1
Temp °C
25
23
24
23
23
23
24
22
22
23
23
22
21
22
24
26
27
24
22
Feels °C
24
23
23
23
23
22
21
20
19
22
23
22
22
23
25
26
25
21
19
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