Long Beach, North Carolina Weather
Long Beach, North Carolina — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Long Beach, Brunswick County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Long Beach. Tide source:
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Long Beach.
About Long Beach, North Carolina
Long Beach unfolds as a sliver of Brunswick County coastline, where the broad, pale sand of the Atlantic shore meets a low-lying terrain of salt marsh and maritime forest. It lies 23.9 miles south-south-west of Wilmington, NC (from Wilmington, NC: bearing 205°T), and is situated 2.5 miles east of Oak Island. The air here, especially in the early morning or the lingering warmth of evening, carries the briny tang of the ocean, a constant, subtle perfume that saturates everything. Live oaks, gnarled and draped with Spanish moss, stand sentinel at the edge of the dunes, their branches reaching out like weathered arms, offering shade and a sense of ancient resilience. The rhythm of the tides dictates the pulse of this place, a gentle ebb and flow that shapes the very character of Long Beach, from the way sunlight glints off the wet sand after a receding wave to the hushed murmur of the surf that provides a perpetual soundtrack. The history of Long Beach is intertwined with the ebb and flow of coastal Carolina life, from its early days as a modest fishing outpost to its development as a seaside retreat. For generations, its economy has been tethered to the bounty of the sea and the allure of its shores, with fishing fleets and a growing tourism trade forming the backbone of local commerce. The distinctive, almost intimate scale of Long Beach, with its scattering of beach houses and local businesses, speaks to a deliberate charm, a resistance to overwhelming sprawl. It is a place where the memory of past summers seems to linger in the salt-kissed wood of weathered porches and the worn paths leading to the water, a quiet testament to the enduring appeal of a life lived by the sea.
Live animated radar for Long Beach and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
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| Location | Long Beach, Brunswick County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 33.910452°N, 78.117771°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28465 |
| Area Code | 910 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Long Beach, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Long Beach, North Carolina, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Long Beach includes coordinates 33.910452°N, 78.117771°W, situated in Brunswick County. ZIP code 28465. Telephone area code: 910. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
