Long Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.13° S 18.33° E

Long Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 06 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Beach sea temperature is
14.3° C
1.3° 

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 (07 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Aug, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Aug, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Aug, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Beach at 2AM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 06). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Aug)11ft (3.5m)14s
Afternoon (07 Aug)11ft (3.5m)15s
Evening (07 Aug)11ft (3.5m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Sat afternoon, min 11°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri afternoon, strong winds from the SSE by Sun afternoon).

Thu
6
Friday
7
Saturday
8
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)
3
2
2
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
3
2
1
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
SW
12
3.5
SW
13
3.5
SW
13
3
SW
13
3.5
SW
14
3
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
3.5
SW
14
4
SW
14
4
SW
14
4
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3753
3776
3932
3502
4097
4021
4684
5296
5438
4883
4369
3720
2901
2679
2917
4308
5611
5421
4814
Wind (km/h)
25
SSE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
ESE
20
E
5
E
5
W
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
15
NNW
20
NW
25
S
30
SSW
25
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
on
cross-on
off
off
off
High Tide
8:47PM1.23m
9:50AM1.05m
10:22PM1.20m
11:32AM1.09m
Low Tide
2:12PM0.48m
3:28AM0.45m
3:46PM0.55m
5:10AM0.43m
5:36PM0.51m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:33
7:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:08
6:09
6:10
 mm
2
Temp °C
14
13
13
13
12
11
12
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
14
15
14
13
13
Feels °C
9
8
7
7
7
7
11
12
10
11
10
10
11
11
11
12
9
6
7
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