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Long Beach

Kitesurf spot · United States

Is it worth the trip?

0Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Every day scores the same

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NNE 3 kn
Gusts
7kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
chop
Air
21°C

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NNW 3 kn
Gusts
6kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
22°C

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Wind
N 3 kn
Gusts
7kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
21°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
N 3 kn
Gusts
6kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
23°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
N 3 kn
Gusts
6kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
24°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NNW 4 kn
Gusts
9kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
27°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NNE 4 kn
Gusts
9kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
27°C

Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 10, poor
  2. Mon 20, poor
  3. Tue 30, poor
  4. Wed 40, poor
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 80, poor
  9. Mon 90, poor
  10. Tue 100, poor

The spot in five facts

  • Faces SEopen to the SE
  • Best wind: SW or NEalong the shore
  • Avoid: NWblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 18 °C2 mm shorty

Full forecast

every day, every number
Wind forecast and score for each day at Long Beach
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-east, 3 knots7kncross-offchop20°C
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-east, 3 knots7kncross-offchop21°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-west, 3 knots6knoffnot safechop22°C
Wed 4Nov0, poorwind from the north, 3 knots7knoffnot safechop21°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the north, 3 knots6knoffnot safechop23°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the north, 3 knots6knoffnot safechop24°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-west, 4 knots9knoffnot safechop27°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-east, 4 knots9knoffnot safechop27°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-west, 1 knot8knoffnot safechop28°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 2 knots5kncross-offchop26°C

Wind is the day's best reading, mean and gusts, in knots; the arrow points where it blows to. Shore "off" blows out to sea. More

Tide

  • Sun 1 NovHigh 03:43 +0.3 mLow 07:47 +0.1 mHigh 13:45 +0.6 mLow 21:24 −0.9 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 04:34 +0.4 mLow 09:44 −0.1 mHigh 15:23 +0.6 mLow 22:25 −0.8 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 05:14 +0.6 mLow 11:02 −0.3 mHigh 16:47 +0.5 mLow 23:15 −0.8 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the spot, its town, photos

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Long Beach

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Long Beach street
Photo: Eric Fredericks, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Long Beach

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces SE, so wind from the NW blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

Water about 18°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for kitesurfing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing SE. Wind from the SE blows onshore, wind from the NW blows out to sea, and wind from the SW or NE runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 900 m out (1 in 88). The sea is about 15°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 21°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Long Beach. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$911–US$1,690 each

about US$911–US$1,690 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to LGB, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$248–US$516
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$20–US$33
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$301–US$502
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$636
Totalabout US$911–US$1,690

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Long Beach

Closest

Long Beach

1 min by car · 66 places to stay

about US$114/nightcountry average

See 66 places to stay in Long Beach · Booking.com

About Long Beach its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$114 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 6h 30m

About 6h 30m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → LGB, direct, then 25 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.