Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.13° S 18.33° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 06 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.6° C
1.0° 

Long Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Long Beach today (06 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Aug, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 13s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Aug, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Aug, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 6AM is: 4.0m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 06). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Aug)11ft (3.5m)13s
Afternoon (06 Aug)11ft (3.5m)13s
Evening (06 Aug)11ft (3.5m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Sat afternoon, min 11°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Fri afternoon, fresh winds from the SSE by Sat night).

Thursday
6
Friday
7
Saturday
8
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
1
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4
WSW
14
4
WSW
13
3.5
WSW
13
3.5
WSW
13
3.5
SW
13
3.5
SW
12
3.5
SW
13
3.5
SW
13
3.5
SW
13
3
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
15
3.5
SW
15
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
3
SW
14
3
SW
14
3
SW
13
3
SW
13
3
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
4
SW
13
4
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5421
5133
4605
3920
3863
3716
3776
3932
4103
3939
4369
4684
5089
5438
4883
4369
3720
3050
2679
2600
3728
5400
5327
4988
Wind (km/h)
25
NW
15
SSW
10
SE
15
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
ESE
20
ESE
10
ENE
5
W
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
5
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
25
S
25
S
25
S
Wind State
cross-on
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
off
off
off
High Tide
8:18AM1.10m
8:47PM1.23m
9:50AM1.05m
10:22PM1.20m
11:32AM1.09m
Low Tide
2:07AM0.39m
2:12PM0.48m
3:28AM0.45m
3:46PM0.55m
5:10AM0.43m
5:36PM0.51m
mod rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:35
7:33
7:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:08
6:09
6:10
 mm
6
5
3
2
Temp °C
13
13
12
13
13
12
13
12
12
11
11
12
14
13
13
13
13
13
13
14
15
14
13
13
Feels °C
9
10
10
10
8
6
7
6
6
5
7
10
12
10
11
11
11
10
11
12
12
10
7
7
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