West End Long Beach Surf Report & Ideal Conditions

Live NOAA data · Updated 2026-08-26
West End Long Beach is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the S, with glassy / no wind from the NW, on a high outgoing tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here. It best suits improving and intermediate surfers. Right now the nearest buoy reads about — @ — from the —.

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Best conditions for West End Long Beach

West End Long Beach is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the S, with glassy / no wind from the NW, on a high outgoing tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.

Ideal wave height2–4 ft
Ideal periodmedium-period (8–16s)
Best swell directionS
Best windglassy / no wind from the NW
Best tidehigh & outgoing

These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (high-confidence read). In the app, LazySurfer's custom deep-learning model predicts your own 1–5★ rating at about 90% exact-match accuracy (97.6% within one star). How LazySurfer works →

Current conditions

Latest reading from the nearest NOAA buoys (UTC 2026-08-26 10:10 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.

Wave height
Dominant period
Swell direction
Wave buoyNDBC station 44065 (15 mi away)
Wind5 kt from the NW — NDBC KPTN6 (16 mi away)

West End Long Beach 7-day surf forecast

Model wave & wind outlook for West End Long Beach from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).

DaySwell heightPeriod & directionWind
Wed Aug 261–3 ft9s SE15 kt SSW
Thu Aug 272–4 ft7s SSE19 kt S
Fri Aug 283 ft6s SSE13 kt WSW
Sat Aug 292 ft8s SE11 kt NNW
Sun Aug 302–3 ft7s SSE18 kt SSW
Mon Aug 311–2 ft6s SSE14 kt WSW
Tue Sep 11–2 ft7s SE18 kt WSW

Tide

Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 8531680 (Sandy Hook, Fort Hancock), the nearest tide station (18 mi away). Times local.

West End Long Beach tide chart for 2026-08-26 Predicted tide height in feet over two days, with high and low markers. 12a6a12p6p12a6a12p6p 4.7ft12:01a0.7ft6:33a4.1ft12:53p1.3ft6:31p4.6ft12:51a0.7ft7:18a4.3ft1:38p1.4ft7:34pNow0.74.7

Frequently asked

Is West End Long Beach good for beginners?

West End Long Beach is best for improving and intermediate surfers — it's most often good on 2–4 ft surf, manageable on its smaller days but a step up from true beginner conditions. Conditions change daily, so always check the live report on this page before paddling out.

What's the best tide for West End Long Beach?

West End Long Beach tends to be best on a high outgoing tide — the tide stage LazySurfer surfers have rated highest here. Tide changes how the swell breaks, so check the two-day tide chart on this page for today's high and low times.

What swell direction is best for West End Long Beach?

The best swell direction for West End Long Beach is from the south (S). Swell arriving from the south lines up best with how this break faces, which is when LazySurfer surfers have rated it highest.

What's the best wind for West End Long Beach?

West End Long Beach is most often good when it's glassy, with little to no wind — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have rated highest here. Light or offshore wind keeps the wave face clean; check the live report on this page for current wind.

Where does LazySurfer's surf data for West End Long Beach come from?

LazySurfer reads public data directly from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and the National Weather Service — the nearest NDBC wave buoy (station 44065) and the nearest NOAA tide station (Sandy Hook, Fort Hancock). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.

Does LazySurfer predict whether West End Long Beach is good for me?

Yes. LazySurfer trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on real logged surf sessions from the LazySurfer community — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average rating for everyone.

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