Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 26 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
23.2°C
1.2° 

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 (27 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 1AM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 26). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Aug)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (27 Aug)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (27 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 28°C on Fri afternoon, min 20°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
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
1
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
9
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
9
0.6
ESE
8
0.6
ESE
8
0.6
ESE
8
0.6
ESE
9
1.2
SSE
5
1.1
S
5
0.5
SE
9
0.9
SSE
6
0.8
SSE
6
0.5
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
26
34
34
38
48
46
47
50
59
61
38
47
44
35
44
43
54
33
32
Wind (km/h)
20
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
5
W
15
NNE
Wind State
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
off
High Tide
7:09PM1.59m
7:34AM1.41m
7:46PM1.62m
8:10AM1.47m
8:22PM1.62m
Low Tide
1:31AM0.04m
1:39PM0.12m
2:10AM-0.01m
2:22PM0.08m
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:16
6:16
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:36
7:35
7:32
 mm
2
2
2
Temp °C
24
23
24
24
24
24
24
25
25
24
24
23
23
23
23
26
28
27
26
Feels °C
22
20
22
23
23
23
22
23
23
23
25
24
25
25
24
27
28
28
25
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