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Long Beach Peninsula

When to go

Around 7:00 PM

Looks good · Low confidence

5.2–5.2 ft · Offshore waves · not face height

Wind: 3.3 kt · onshore

Forecast details
  • Light wind should keep the water smoother.
Other wind windows

Plan around the wind

The best available upcoming daylight wind sample to compare with the wave evidence. This compares wind only; wave size, tide suitability, and hazards can change your choice.

  • 5:00 PM–6:00 PM · America/Los_Angeles

    Light wind · up to 5.7 kt · reported gusts up to 7.8 kt

    Offshore waves: 5.3–5.4 ft across the period. Surf height unavailable. Tide data available; check the local tide response.

    Wind source time: Sep 22, 4:30 PM PDT. This is not the model run issue time.
How these periods are chosen

The planner prefers three consecutive hourly samples covering two daylight hours, but retains shorter one- or two-sample evidence when that is all the forecast provides. Light wind means at most 6 kt. Moderate offshore means at most 12 kt from land toward the sea when shore orientation is verified. Strong wind or known gusts of 20 kt or more remain visible as cautions instead of making the entire comparison disappear. These are comparison labels, not locally tested surf-quality or safety ratings. Missing gusts remain unknown. Terrain shelter, currents, closures, and your ability are not assessed.

Forecast confidence
  • Returned marine grid point is 3.4 km from the mapped spot. Provider grid resolution is not established for this response.
  • Reference model hour: 0 hours from now; historical residuals do not measure forecast lead-time error.
  • No accepted local model for these inputs: missing history, unsupported direction/period/height, or failed historical validation.
  • A mapped coordinate does not establish nearshore grid resolution or terrain/shelter accuracy.

Wind W 5.7 kt

Tide 3 ft rising

Wave, wind and tide details
Offshore model swellWNW 5.2 ft @ 9sValid 2026-09-22 17:00 · America/Los_AngelesMarine grid 46.5417, -124.0417 · offshore model, not a local measurement
Offshore model sea5.4 ft @ 10.7sSignificant wave height including wind waves and swell; not breaking surfValid 2026-09-22 17:00 · America/Los_Angeles
Model windW 5.7 ktonshoreValid 2026-09-22 17:00 · America/Los_Angeles4.4 kt onshore component
Tide3 ftrisingNOAA Cape Disappointment 9440581 · predicted height relative to MLLWRetrieved Sep 22, 4:45 PM PDT · provider issue time unavailable3% of adjacent local low–high range · descriptive, not a safety rating
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR - 20NM West of Columbia River Mouth buoy 460296.9 ft @ 12sNDBC measured significant wave height (Hs) at the explicitly assigned same-coast buoy; not breaking-wave face heightObserved Sep 22, 3:50 PM PDT

Surf height unavailable. Coastal and offshore waves are not breaking-wave heights.

Surf and wind

Recommended window: No recommended window

Breaking surf is not reliably resolved. Hourly offshore swell and wind inputs are listed below.

Hourly forecast

Hourly surf forecast for Long Beach Peninsula
TimeWindTideOffshore swell
NNW 4.4 ktonshore4.5 ftfallingWNW 6.4 ft @ 10s
NNW 3.7 ktonshore3.5 ftfallingWNW 6.2 ft @ 10s
NNW 4.2 ktonshore3 ftfallingWNW 6.2 ft @ 10s
N 3.5 ktonshore2 ftfallingWNW 6.1 ft @ 10s
N 4.7 ktcross-shore1 ftnear lowWNW 6.0 ft @ 10s
NNE 3.2 ktcross-shore1 ftrisingWNW 6.0 ft @ 10s
NNW 4.8 ktonshore1.5 ftrisingWNW 5.9 ft @ 10s
N 4.3 ktonshore2.5 ftrisingWNW 5.9 ft @ 9s
N 3.7 ktonshore3.5 ftrisingWNW 5.8 ft @ 9s
N 4.3 ktonshore4 ftrisingWNW 5.8 ft @ 9s
NNW 3.3 ktonshore5 ftrisingWNW 5.8 ft @ 9s
NW 3.5 ktonshore5.5 ftnear highWNW 5.8 ft @ 9s
WNW 3.6 ktonshore6 ftfallingWNW 5.7 ft @ 9s
WNW 4.3 ktonshore5 ftfallingWNW 5.6 ft @ 9s
W 5.8 ktonshore4.5 ftfallingWNW 5.5 ft @ 9s
W 5.4 ktcross-shore4 ftfallingWNW 5.4 ft @ 9s
W 6.1 ktonshore3.5 ftfallingWNW 5.3 ft @ 9s
W 5.7 ktonshore3 ftrisingWNW 5.2 ft @ 9s
W 4.9 ktonshore4 ftrisingWNW 5.2 ft @ 9s
W 3.3 ktonshore4.5 ftrisingWNW 5.1 ft @ 9s
WSW 3.1 ktcross-shore5 ftrisingWNW 5.1 ft @ 9s
WSW 4 ktcross-shore6 ftrisingWNW 5.0 ft @ 8s
SW 4.3 ktcross-shore6.5 ftrisingWNW 4.9 ft @ 8s
SW 4.3 ktcross-shore6.5 ftfallingWNW 4.8 ft @ 8s
Unavailable
WindNNW 4.4 ktonshoreTide4.5 ftfallingOffshore swellWNW 6.4 ft @ 10s
Unavailable
WindNNW 3.7 ktonshoreTide3.5 ftfallingOffshore swellWNW 6.2 ft @ 10s
Unavailable
WindNNW 4.2 ktonshoreTide3 ftfallingOffshore swellWNW 6.2 ft @ 10s
Unavailable
WindN 3.5 ktonshoreTide2 ftfallingOffshore swellWNW 6.1 ft @ 10s
Unavailable
WindN 4.7 ktcross-shoreTide1 ftnear lowOffshore swellWNW 6.0 ft @ 10s
Unavailable
WindNNE 3.2 ktcross-shoreTide1 ftrisingOffshore swellWNW 6.0 ft @ 10s
Unavailable
WindNNW 4.8 ktonshoreTide1.5 ftrisingOffshore swellWNW 5.9 ft @ 10s
Unavailable
WindN 4.3 ktonshoreTide2.5 ftrisingOffshore swellWNW 5.9 ft @ 9s
Unavailable
WindN 3.7 ktonshoreTide3.5 ftrisingOffshore swellWNW 5.8 ft @ 9s
Unavailable
WindN 4.3 ktonshoreTide4 ftrisingOffshore swellWNW 5.8 ft @ 9s
Unavailable
WindNNW 3.3 ktonshoreTide5 ftrisingOffshore swellWNW 5.8 ft @ 9s
Unavailable
WindNW 3.5 ktonshoreTide5.5 ftnear highOffshore swellWNW 5.8 ft @ 9s
Unavailable
WindWNW 3.6 ktonshoreTide6 ftfallingOffshore swellWNW 5.7 ft @ 9s
Unavailable
WindWNW 4.3 ktonshoreTide5 ftfallingOffshore swellWNW 5.6 ft @ 9s
Unavailable
WindW 5.8 ktonshoreTide4.5 ftfallingOffshore swellWNW 5.5 ft @ 9s
Unavailable
WindW 5.4 ktcross-shoreTide4 ftfallingOffshore swellWNW 5.4 ft @ 9s
Unavailable
WindW 6.1 ktonshoreTide3.5 ftfallingOffshore swellWNW 5.3 ft @ 9s
Unavailable
WindW 5.7 ktonshoreTide3 ftrisingOffshore swellWNW 5.2 ft @ 9s
Unavailable
WindW 4.9 ktonshoreTide4 ftrisingOffshore swellWNW 5.2 ft @ 9s
Unavailable
WindW 3.3 ktonshoreTide4.5 ftrisingOffshore swellWNW 5.1 ft @ 9s
Unavailable
WindWSW 3.1 ktcross-shoreTide5 ftrisingOffshore swellWNW 5.1 ft @ 9s
Unavailable
WindWSW 4 ktcross-shoreTide6 ftrisingOffshore swellWNW 5.0 ft @ 8s
Unavailable
WindSW 4.3 ktcross-shoreTide6.5 ftrisingOffshore swellWNW 4.9 ft @ 8s
Unavailable
WindSW 4.3 ktcross-shoreTide6.5 ftfallingOffshore swellWNW 4.8 ft @ 8s

Tide

NOAA Cape Disappointment 9440581 · MLLW

Tide height by hour for Long Beach Peninsula. Approximate interpolation between predicted high and low events. Heights range from 1 to 6.5 feet.

Interpolated tide height Recommended window
About this spot

Model-grid forecast requested at the mapped coordinate; reef, headland, and nearshore transformations are unresolved. Beach break.

Mapped spot coordinate: 46.57, -124.06.

Mainland · Coast not verified · Ocean-facing bearing 315° · Location provenance

Model request point: Long Beach Peninsula (46.57, -124.06). Model output times describe valid conditions; the provider does not expose the model run issue time in this response.

Forecast sources

Data coverage 4/5 sources

Source availability is not forecast accuracy. Where an empirical model passes historical testing, its error and interval coverage are shown above. Source count cannot increase that confidence.

Coverage tier B · US_PNW_WA · spot-level model point

  • US National Weather Service Coastal Waters Forecast
    No assigned NWS coastal-waters period covers this spot and date.    UnavailableNo source time
  • COLUMBIA RIVER BAR - 20NM West of Columbia River Mouth buoy 46029
    COLUMBIA RIVER BAR - 20NM West of Columbia River Mouth buoy 46029; NDBC measured significant wave height (Hs) at the explicitly assigned same-coast buoy; not breaking-wave face height    Current
  • NOAA CO-OPS Tides and Currents API
    NOAA Cape Disappointment 9440581; predicted high/low events above MLLW, converted to feet. Timestamp is retrieval time; provider issue time is not supplied.    Current
  • Open-Meteo Marine API
    1 of 1 configured model points available    Current
  • Open-Meteo Weather API
    1 of 1 configured model points available    Current
  • Surf-Forecast public pages
    Spot discovery and break-specific HTML fallback    Not applicableNo source time
  • Surfline public spot pages
    Break-specific comparison, cams, and metadata    Not applicableNo source time
How best guesses are made

Best guesses combine usable wave and wind evidence, with qualitative confidence and specific limitations. A missing tide or local surf-height model does not prevent useful guidance. Tide levels use the named station datum; their effect at this break remains uncertain. Wind direction is relative to the mapped beach orientation, without calibrated terrain or shelter effects. The comparison is a heuristic, not a measured quality rating.