Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.58° N 73.66° W

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 28 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), 5s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 5PM is: 1.2m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 28). 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)5s
Evening (28 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 27mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Warm (max 25°C on Tue afternoon, min 20°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Tue afternoon, calm by Wed afternoon).

Tue
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
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
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SE
8
1.1
SSE
5
1.2
SSE
5
1
SSE
6
1
SSE
6
1.2
SSE
6
1.3
SSE
6
1.3
SSE
6
1.2
SSE
6
1.2
SSE
7
1.1
SE
7
1
SE
7
1
SE
7
0.9
SSE
7
0.9
SE
7
0.9
SE
7
0.9
SE
7
0.7
SE
8
0.6
SSE
8
0.5
SSE
8
0.5
SSE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
28
59
87
67
67
94
132
122
113
131
109
99
104
93
75
73
69
70
51
35
33
Wind (km/h)
25
S
30
SSE
20
S
30
S
25
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
20
E
15
E
5
NNE
10
NW
10
NW
20
NNE
20
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
20
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State
on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
7:37PM1.60m
8:04AM1.30m
8:14PM1.61m
8:41AM1.34m
8:49PM1.60m
Low Tide
1:20PM0.18m
2:05AM0.05m
2:04PM0.16m
2:44AM0.02m
2:45PM0.14m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:48
5:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:14
8:13
8:12
 mm
1
1
7
4
2
2
3
1
2
1
2
2
Temp °C
24
25
23
24
22
22
22
22
23
23
25
24
22
21
20
21
22
24
25
24
21
Feels °C
23
23
23
22
20
23
23
21
24
25
27
25
21
20
20
20
21
22
24
22
19
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