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Long Beach surfForecast / Long Island NY / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 15 Jan 2026 EST
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Long Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
5.5° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Long Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 10PM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)--
Afternoon (15 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (15 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
1
W
1
W
1
W
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.4
SSW
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)7888444899105677778888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)529468483435352819212551981231131971301421201071181199492
Wind
(km/h)
40
W
35
W
35
W
40
WNW
45
WNW
45
WNW
40
W
35
W
30
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
15
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WNW
15
NW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:10PM
1.07
5:30AM
1.41
5:56PM
1.12
6:12AM
1.46
6:37PM
1.17
6:51AM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:05PM
0.09
11:55AM
0.02
11:51PM
0.05
12:39PM
-0.04
12:36AM
0.02
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise------7:15-------7:15-------7:13-
Sunset4:51-------4:52-------4:53-------
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light snow
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
Rain (mm)
-------------1----------
Temp. °C1-2-3-4-5-5-4-200143331445332-1-1
Feels °C (?)-10-13-13-15-17-17-15-12-9-8-7-5-5-2-5-6-3-2-1-2-2-4-7-7
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