Long Beach Surf Forecast

/ Carolina North (37 breaks) / North Carolina (27 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (33.90° N 78.09° W)

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Long Beach surfForecast / Carolina North / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 20 Aug 2025 EDT

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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 28.3° 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 4AM is: 2.2m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 20). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Aug)	8ft (2.4m)	15s
Afternoon (20 Aug)	10ft (3.0m)	16s
Evening (20 Aug)	10ft (3.0m)	16s

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

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		Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Friday 22
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	!	!	!	!	!	!	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	2359	2339	2387	2417	3124	4281	4703	4518	4703	4528	3436	2130	1597	1208	1036	754	650	585	432	570	588	498	422	373
Wind (km/h)	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	ENE	E	ESE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				5:49AM 1.41				6:22PM 1.80				6:45AM 1.48				7:13PM 1.82				7:36AM 1.54				7:58PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)		11:34PM 0.23				11:35AM 0.03				12:27AM 0.16				12:29PM -0.00				1:14AM 0.11				1:18PM -0.02

		Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Friday 22
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:51	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	25	24	24	27	29	27	26	24	23	23	24	28	31	30	29	26	25	24	23	25	26	26	26
Feels °C (?)	29	28	26	25	27	29	28	26	24	23	22	24	28	32	31	31	27	26	26	24	25	26	26	28

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Carolina North

Wind Update The wind is still offshore at Long Beach (light winds from the N at Southport Airport 3 km from Long Beach). A 2.0m groundswell from the SE
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1 h 25 min ago

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