Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.13° S 18.33° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.2°C
1.4° 

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 (03 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 13s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 2PM is: 3.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.4m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)6ft (1.8m)13s
Afternoon (03 Sep)11ft (3.5m)9s
Evening (03 Sep)11ft (3.5m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat afternoon, min 11°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the E on Thu morning, gales from the SE by Fri afternoon).

Thursday
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
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)
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
WSW
13
1.9
WSW
13
1.7
WSW
13
3.5
SSE
9
3.5
SSE
9
3.5
SSE
9
3.5
SSE
9
4
SSE
9
3.5
SSE
9
3.5
SSE
9
3
SSE
9
3
SE
8
3.5
SE
8
3.5
SE
8
3
SE
8
3
SE
8
3.5
SE
8
3.5
SE
8
3.5
SE
8
3.5
SE
8
3.5
SE
8
3.5
SE
8
3.5
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1301
1134
853
1957
1897
1838
1938
2243
2085
1795
1448
1351
1452
1492
1271
1215
1352
1297
1297
1295
1448
1608
1448
Wind (km/h)
15
ENE
15
E
20
SE
60
SE
50
SE
55
SE
55
SE
60
SE
55
SE
50
SE
50
SE
55
SE
65
SE
55
SE
55
SE
55
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
50
SE
50
ESE
50
ESE
Wind State
cross
cross
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
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:10PM1.28m
7:55AM1.08m
8:30PM1.15m
9:46AM1.03m
10:28PM1.12m
Low Tide
12:46PM0.40m
1:38AM0.42m
1:54PM0.53m
3:14AM0.51m
3:57PM0.59m
clear
clear
clear
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:03
7:01
7:00
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:29
6:30
6:30
 mm
2
Temp °C
13
13
15
13
15
15
14
14
13
13
13
14
14
13
12
12
12
11
14
18
18
15
14
Feels °C
11
10
12
1
5
4
3
2
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
2
3
2
5
10
8
6
5
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