Long Beach surf break

Long Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 18 Feb 2026 SAST
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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
15.6° C
(Which is 4.3°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Long Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 2PM is: 2.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 16s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)7ft (2.1m)14s
Afternoon (18 Feb)8ft (2.4m)13s
Evening (18 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
2
2
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
2.3
SE
2.4
SE
2.2
SE
2.1
SE
Period(s) (?)14141313131313131312121413131312121212127777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19021527180418749769918218091021812570961933841723773689614494376481579507456
Wind
(km/h)
0
WSW
10
N
15
NW
15
WSW
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SSE
40
SE
45
SE
40
SE
30
SE
20
SE
25
ESE
15
SE
30
SE
40
SE
35
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoncross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:04PM
1.54
4:23AM
1.66
4:37PM
1.53
4:54AM
1.67
5:11PM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:03AM
0.08
10:10PM
0.02
10:35AM
0.05
10:40PM
0.03
11:08AM
0.05
11:12PM
0.08
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
Sunrise-6:22-------6:24-------6:24------
Sunset----7:36-------7:35-------7:34---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191920212220202020202121202020201919222322222121
Feels °C (?)211919211917161616171817141415171717212017181819
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