Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
18.5°C
0.4° 

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 (01 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 12s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 12s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 8AM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (01 Oct)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (01 Oct)1ft (0.3m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 28°C on Fri afternoon, min 16°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
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
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
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.3
SE
12
0.3
SE
12
0.3
SE
12
0.3
SE
12
0.3
SE
12
0.3
SE
12
0.3
SE
12
0.8
S
5
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
30
23
23
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
33
35
35
34
33
33
31
30
30
30
30
30
29
27
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
W
25
NNW
20
NW
15
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
11:14AM1.65m
11:59PM1.31m
12:17PM1.59m
1:04AM1.27m
1:23PM1.55m
Low Tide
4:54AM0.07m
5:53PM0.12m
5:46AM0.15m
6:59PM0.19m
6:54AM0.23m
8:15PM0.20m
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cloud
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cloud
part cloud
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clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
20
19
19
19
21
22
22
23
21
20
20
23
27
28
22
18
18
17
16
18
20
19
18
17
Feels °C
18
18
19
19
20
22
21
22
20
18
18
21
25
26
19
16
15
14
12
15
17
16
16
14
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