Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
22.8° C
0.8° 

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 (17 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 4s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 12AM is: 0.4m 4s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 16). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jul)--
Afternoon (17 Jul)1ft (0.3m)5s
Evening (17 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 28mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 32°C on Thu night, min 22°C on Sat afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Fri morning, fresh winds from the S by Sat night).

Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
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
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
S
5
0.4
S
4
0.4
SSE
4
0.4
S
5
0.1
SE
15
0.1
SE
15
0.3
S
5
0.3
S
5
0.4
SSE
5
0.4
SSE
5
0.4
SSE
5
0.4
SSE
5
0.1
SE
14
0.1
SE
14
0.1
SE
14
0.6
S
4
0.6
S
4
0.7
SSE
5
1
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8
6
7
7
9
9
5
8
9
9
9
8
8
8
7
10
13
24
71
Wind (km/h)
15
SSW
15
NW
20
NNW
15
NW
15
N
10
NNE
5
WSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SSW
40
S
30
SW
Wind State
on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
9:54PM1.76m
10:36AM1.56m
10:47PM1.66m
11:30AM1.55m
Low Tide
3:45PM-0.07m
4:26AM-0.19m
4:35PM-0.01m
5:11AM-0.12m
5:26PM0.07m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:37
5:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:22
8:22
8:22
 mm
2
6
4
2
Temp °C
30
32
28
26
24
23
25
27
28
26
25
24
23
23
25
22
22
23
23
Feels °C
29
29
25
24
22
20
23
24
25
23
24
24
23
22
24
22
24
20
21
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